The Old Man In the Corner

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The Man in the Corner (1909)
by Emma Orczy

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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.

[This particular edition was one of the few titled The Man in the Corner.]

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The Man
In the Corner

By BARONESS ORCZY

Chapter I :: THE FENCHURCH STREET MYSTERY
Chapter II :: A MILLIONAIRE IN THE DOCK
Chapter III :: HIS DEDUCTION
Chapter IV :: THE ROBBERY IN PHILLIMORE TERRACE
Chapter V :: A NIGHT'S ADVENTURE
Chapter VI :: ALL HE KNEW
Chapter VII :: THE YORK MYSTERY
Chapter VIII :: THE CAPITAL CHARGE
Chapter IX :: A BROKEN-HEARTED WOMAN
Chapter X :: THE MYSTERIOUS DEATH ON THE UNDERGROUND RAILWAY
Chapter XI :: MR. ERRINGTON
Chapter XII :: THE LIVERPOOL MYSTERY
Chapter XIII :: A CUNNING RASCAL
Chapter XIV :: THE EDINBURGH MYSTERY
Chapter XV :: A TERRIBLE PLIGHT
Chapter XVI :: "NON PROVEN"
Chapter XVII :: UNDENIABLE FACTS
Chapter XVIII :: THE THEFT AT THE ENGLISH PROVIDENT BANK
Chapter XIX :: CONFLICTING EVIDENCE
Chapter XX :: AN ALIBI
Chapter XXI :: THE DUBLIN MYSTERY
Chapter XXII :: FORGERY
Chapter XXIII :: A MEMORABLE DAY
Chapter XXIV :: AN UNPARALLELED OUTRAGE
Chapter XXV :: THE PRISONER
Chapter XXVI :: A SENSATION
Chapter XXVII :: TWO BLACKGUARDS
Chapter XXVIII :: THE REGENT'S PARK MURDER
Chapter XXIX :: THE MOTIVE
Chapter XXX :: FRIENDS
Chapter XXXI :: THE DE GENNEVILLE PEERAGE
Chapter XXXII :: A HIGH-BRED GENTLEMAN
Chapter XXXIII :: THE LIVING AND THE DEAD
Chapter XXXIV :: THE MYSTERIOUS DEATH IN PERCY STREET
Chapter XXXV :: SUICIDE OR MURDER?
Chapter XXXVI :: THE END

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1929.

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