Old Man in the Corner

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 30, 2023

In Category - Detective Fiction

Authors: Baroness Emma Orczy In Year : 1908

Book Language: English

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The Capital Charge & A Broken-Hearted Woman
The Mysterious Death on the Underground Railway
Mr. Errington
The Liverpool Mystery
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The Edinburgh Mystery
A Terrible Plight
Non Proven & Undeniable Facts
The Theft at the English Provident Bank
Conflicting Evidence & An Alibi
The Dublin Mystery & Forgery
A Memorable Day & An Unparalleled Outrage
The Prisoner
A Sensation & Two Blackguards
The Regent’s Park Murder
The Motive & Friends
The De Genneville Peerage
A High-Bred Gentleman
The Living and the Dead & The Mysterious Death in Percy Street
Suicide or Murder? & The End

Created by Baroness Orczy, author of the famous Scarlet Pimpernel series, The Old Man in the Corner was one of the earliest armchair detectives, popping up with so many others in the wake of the huge popularity of the Sherlock Holmes stories. The Old Man relies mostly upon sensationalistic "penny dreadful" newspaper accounts, with the occasional courtroom visit for extra laughs. He narrates all this information (while tying complicated knots in a piece of string) to a Lady Journalist who frequents the same tea-shop. (Summary from Wikipedia)