The Case of Miss Elliott: The Teahouse Detective
The Case of Miss Elliott: The Teahouse Detective

Author: Baroness Orczy

Publisher: Pushkin Vertigo

Published: 2019-08-13

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 1782275339

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A classic collection of mysteries from the Golden Age of British crime writing, by the author of The Scarlet Pimpernel. Mysteries! There is no such thing as a mystery in connection with any crime, provided intelligence is brought to bear upon its investigation. So says a rather down-at-heel elderly gentleman to young Polly Burton of the Evening Observer, in the corner of the ABC teashop on Norfolk Street one afternoon. Once she has forgiven him for distracting her from her newspaper and luncheon, Miss Burton discovers that her interlocutor is as brilliantly gifted as he is eccentric—able to solve mysteries that have made headlines and baffled the finest minds of the police without once leaving his seat in the teahouse. The Case of Miss Elliott is a classic collection of mysteries featuring the Teahouse Detective—a contemporary of Sherlock Holmes, with a brilliant mind and waspish temperament to match that of Conan Doyle's creation.

Unravelled Knots: The Teahouse Detective
Unravelled Knots: The Teahouse Detective

Author: Baroness Orczy

Publisher: Pushkin Vertigo

Published: 2021-06-15

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 1782275894

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Another classic collection of mysteries from the Golden Age of British crime writing, by the author of The Scarlet Pimpernel It has been twenty years since Polly Burton last saw the Teahouse Detective, but one foggy afternoon she stumbles into a Fleet Street café and chances upon the cantankerous sleuth again. The years have not softened his manner, nor dulled his appetite for unravelling the most tortuous of conspiracies, shedding light on mysteries that have confounded the finest minds of the police. How did Prince Orsoff disappear from his railway carriage in-between stations? How could the Ingres masterpiece be seen in two places at once? And what is the truth behind the story of the blood-stained tunic that exonerated its owner? From the comfort of his seat by the fire, the Teahouse Detective sets his brilliant mind to work once more.

Lady Molly of Scotland Yard
Lady Molly of Scotland Yard

Author: Baroness Emmuska Orczy

Publisher: DigiCat

Published: 2022-08-01

Total Pages: 227

ISBN-13:

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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Lady Molly of Scotland Yard" by Baroness Emmuska Orczy. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

The Old Man in the Corner Illustrated
The Old Man in the Corner Illustrated

Author: Baroness Orczy

Publisher:

Published: 2020-07-12

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13:

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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. 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 stories featuring the character.

Baroness Orczy's Old Man in the Corner
Baroness Orczy's Old Man in the Corner

Author: Emmuska Baroness Orczy

Publisher:

Published: 2010-03

Total Pages: 432

ISBN-13: 1616460156

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Baroness Emma Orczy, best known for her Scarlet Pimpernel stories, also wrote popular detective stories. This volume includes her two books, The Old Man in the Corner and The Case of Miss Elliott, both of which relate the logical theorizing of the anonymous Old Man as he discusses (and solves) mysterious crimes with a "lady journalist." Orczy initially wrote 13 short stories featuring this unusual detective, but only included 12 of the stories when they finally were bound in a single volume (with minor story modifications). The missing 13th story, The Glasgow Mystery, is here included separately as it first appeared in the Royal Magazine in 1901.

Unravelled Knots: The Teahouse Detective
Unravelled Knots: The Teahouse Detective

Author: Baroness Orczy

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2021-06-15

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 1782275886

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Another classic collection of mysteries from the Golden Age of British crime writing, by the author of The Scarlet Pimpernel It has been twenty years since Polly Burton last saw the Teahouse Detective, but one foggy afternoon she stumbles into a Fleet Street café and chances upon the cantankerous sleuth again. The years have not softened his manner, nor dulled his appetite for unravelling the most tortuous of conspiracies, shedding light on mysteries that have confounded the finest minds of the police. How did Prince Orsoff disappear from his railway carriage in-between stations? How could the Ingres masterpiece be seen in two places at once? And what is the truth behind the story of the blood-stained tunic that exonerated its owner? From the comfort of his seat by the fire, the Teahouse Detective sets his brilliant mind to work once more.

Towns, Ecology, and the Land
Towns, Ecology, and the Land

Author: Richard T. T. Forman

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2019-02-07

Total Pages: 637

ISBN-13: 1107199131

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A pioneering book highlighting the dynamic environmental dimensions of towns and villages and spatial connections with surrounding land.

Something Like An Autobiography
Something Like An Autobiography

Author: Akira Kurosawa

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2011-07-27

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 030780321X

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Translated by Audie E. Bock. "A first rate book and a joy to read.... It's doubtful that a complete understanding of the director's artistry can be obtained without reading this book.... Also indispensable for budding directors are the addenda, in which Kurosawa lays out his beliefs on the primacy of a good script, on scriptwriting as an essential tool for directors, on directing actors, on camera placement, and on the value of steeping oneself in literature, from great novels to detective fiction." --Variety "For the lover of Kurosawa's movies...this is nothing short of must reading...a fitting companion piece to his many dynamic and absorbing screen entertainments." --Washington Post Book World