'The Old Man in the Corner' by Baroness Emmuska Orczy is a collection of twelve short mystery stories featuring an eccentric old man who solves crimes by analyzing details shared with a lady journalist in a teahouse. The stories involve various intriguing mysteries, from thefts to murders, and are narrated with a unique format that captivates readers with its artificial yet witty and sympathetic plots.
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Content warnings may include themes of classism, sexism, and moral ambiguity surrounding crime.
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Baroness Emmuska Orczy, author of The Scarlet Pimpernel , created another extraordinary - if unnamed - character in the Old Man in the Corner .
"The Old Man" rivals Sherlock Holmes in his insightfulness but is much closer to Sherlock's brother, Mycroft, in his methods. Like Mycroft, the old man reasons through mystery cases but leaves the legwork to others. He sits in a cozy corner of a London teashop and unravels the baffling crimes of the day for an admiring lady journalist. Relying solely on his vast Holmesian powers of deduction the "strange looking" sleuth never deigns to visit the scene of the crime, question a suspect, or examine clues. According to him, "There is no such thing as a mystery in connection with any crime, provided intelligence is brought to bear upon its investigation."
The stories included in this volume are:
"The Fenchurch Street Mystery"
"The Mysterious Death on the Underground Railroad"
"The Mysterious Death in Percy Street"
"The Dublin Mystery"
"The Glascow Mystery"
"The Liverpool Mystery"
"The Case of Miss Eliot"
"The Lisson Grove Mystery"
"The Tragedy in Dartmore Terrace"
"The Tremarn Case"
"The Murder of Miss Pebmarsh"
"The Affair at the Novelty Theater"
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