The Old Man in the Corner
Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness, 1865-1947
The Old Man in the Corner - 1 online resource : multiple file formats
Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Old_Man_in_the_Corner Release date is 2004-01-01
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"The Old Man in the Corner" by Baroness Emmuska Orczy Orczy is a collection of detective short stories first published in The Royal Magazine in 1901. The stories feature an unnamed armchair detective who solves sensational crimes from his seat in a London tea-room, relating his deductions to a female journalist while tying knots in string. Unlike conventional detectives, he never brings criminals to justice, merely identifying them through logic and newspaper accounts. The final story hints that the Old Man himself may be a criminal. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Detective and mystery stories, English
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The Old Man in the Corner - 1 online resource : multiple file formats
Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Old_Man_in_the_Corner Release date is 2004-01-01
Produced by Steven desJardins and PG Distributed Proofreaders Produced by Steven desJardins and PG Distributed Proofreaders
"The Old Man in the Corner" by Baroness Emmuska Orczy Orczy is a collection of detective short stories first published in The Royal Magazine in 1901. The stories feature an unnamed armchair detective who solves sensational crimes from his seat in a London tea-room, relating his deductions to a female journalist while tying knots in string. Unlike conventional detectives, he never brings criminals to justice, merely identifying them through logic and newspaper accounts. The final story hints that the Old Man himself may be a criminal. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Detective and mystery stories, English
PR