The Man in the Corner (1909) by: Emma Orczy. / Baroness Orczy /

By: Baroness Orczy, Emma Orczy

The Old Man in the Corner is an unnamed armchair detective who appears in a series of short stories written by Baroness Orczy. He examines and solves crimes while sitting in the corner of a genteel London tea-room in conversation with a female journalist. He was one of the first of this character-type created in the wake of the huge popularity of the Sherlock Holmes stories. The character's moniker is used as the title of the collection of the earliest...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1983500453
• ISBN13: 9781983500459
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 132 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.0" x 10.0"