The cover page is adapted from The Architect Thorvald Bindesbøll, a painting completed in 1904 by Vilhelm Hammershøi. The cover and title pages feature the League Spartan and Sorts Mill Goudy typefaces created in 2014 and 2009 by The League of Moveable Type. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilhelm_Hammershøiwww.theleagueofmoveabletype.com/
The Old Man in the Corner
Chapitres (37)
- Dedication 0:00
- I: The Fenchurch Street Mystery 0:18
- II: A Millionaire in the Dock 15:18
- III: His Deduction 36:49
- IV: The Robbery in Phillimore Terrace 42:59
- V: A Night’s Adventure 55:27
- VI: All He Knew 1:12:15
- VII: The York Mystery 1:19:44
- VIII: The Capital Charge 1:30:52
- IX: A Brokenhearted Woman 1:53:39
- X: The Mysterious Death on the Underground Railway 2:01:11
- XI: Mr. Errington 2:25:25
- XII: The Liverpool Mystery 2:43:42
- XIII: A Cunning Rascal 3:02:15
- XIV: The Edinburgh Mystery 3:15:26
- XV: A Terrible Plight 3:24:39
- XVI: “Non Proven” 3:35:31
- XVII: Undeniable Facts 3:45:10
- XVIII: The Theft at the English Provident Bank 3:52:21
- XIX: Conflicting Evidence 4:07:42
- XX: An Alibi 4:15:55
- XXI: The Dublin Mystery 4:28:35
- XXII: Forgery 4:35:50
- XXIII: A Memorable Day 4:52:10
- XXIV: An Unparalleled Outrage 5:04:52
- XV: The Prisoner 5:11:22
- XVI: A Sensation 5:32:52
- XXVII: Two Blackguards 5:37:36
- XXVIII: The Regent’s Park Murder 5:44:37
- XXIX: The Motive 5:59:11
- XXX: Friends 6:10:18
- XXXI: The de Genneville Peerage 6:17:44
- XXXII: A High-Bred Gentleman 6:27:58
- XXXIII: The Living and the Dead 6:39:48
- XXXIV: The Mysterious Death in Percy Street 6:53:38
- XXXV: Suicide or Murder? 7:01:18
- XXXVI: The End 7:27:45
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Polly Burton, a journalist, sits at the same table as an old man over tea. He has an interest in the sensational local crimes that have left the police baffled. Over the course her visit, the old man explains his crime-solving methods, which are based primarily on reading newspaper accounts, crime scene visits, courtroom observation, and logical deduction. He frequently takes the side of the criminals and declines to report his findings to police, leading the reader to speculate about his past.
The novel was published in the U.S. as The Man in the Corner, and is based on short stories previously serialized in magazines.