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The Old Man in the Corner: Twelve Classic Detective Stories - Emmuska Orczy, E.F. Bleiler
The Old Man in the Corner: Twelve Classic Detective Stories
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A nameless, eccentric old man, sitting in the corner of a cozy London tea shop, uses pure deduction to solve a series of baffling crimes — from gruesome murders to cases of deadly blackmail.
A nameless, eccentric old man, sitting in the corner of a cozy London tea shop, uses pure deduction to solve a series of baffling crimes — from gruesome murders to cases of deadly blackmail.
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9780486440484 (0486440486)
Publisher: Dover Publications
Pages no: 176
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics, Mystery, Detective, Crime
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3.5 London's First Armchair Detective
text London's First Armchair Detective
This is a collection of twelve stories taken from the first two (of three) books featuring the "Old Man in the Corner," one of Emmuska Orczy's very first literary creations and -- but for Edgar Allan Poe's M. Dupin (who solves the Mystery of Marie Rogêt solely based on a number of newspaper articles...
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