The Old Man In the Corner was one of the earliest armchair detectives, popping up with so many others in the wake of the huge popularity of the Sherlock Holmes stories. The Old Man In the Corner (U.S. edition: The Man In the Corner) is one of three books of short stories featuring Orczy's armchair detective (dramatically revealed as Bill Owen in final story of this book). Although it contains the earliest written and published stories in the series, this book was not published until 1909, four years after The Case of Miss Elliott. The last book in the series is Unravelled Knots.
- ISBN10 1426442920
- ISBN13 9781426442926
- Publish Date 29 May 2008 (first published 1 January 1950)
- Publish Status Unknown
- Publish Country US
- Imprint BiblioLife
- Edition Large type / large print edition
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 240
- Language English