The Dorrington Deed Box Annotated

By: Morrison, Arthur George

The Dorrington Deed Box is a collection of short stories by the British writer Arthur Morrison published in 1897. It contains six stories featuring cases of the unscrupulous London-based private detective Horace Dorrington, told from the viewpoint of one his clients and potential victims James Rigby.It was part of a general boom of detective stories in the wake of Arthur Conan Doyle's creation of Sherlock Holmes. Morrison had previously written stories about an honest private detective Martin Hewitt, but with Dorrington he created a more cynical character who does not hesitate to commit armed robbery or murder to suit his ends.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B08BWFKCJD
• ISBN13: 9798657414929
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 193 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.4" x 5.5"