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Old Man in the Corner
General Fiction角落里的老人
(british) Baranez Oquez
"The Old Man in the Corner" is the anonymous detective in the short story series of Baranez Oquez and the first easy-chair detective in the history of mystery novels. He often sat in the corner of a coffee shop in London. By chance, this man talked to Miss Burton, a female reporter from the "Evening Observer" about a mysterious case in the newspaper. Since then, the two often met in the cafe, and the female reporter listened carefully as the mysterious man solved a mystery that was once sensational but baffled the police. The mysterious detective in the book "The Old Man in the Corner" is also an anonymous man with a mysterious background. He often plays with a rope in his hand when thinking and explaining cases. This novel has been evaluated as the best "armchair detective" mystery novel in history.
"The Old Man in the Corner" is the anonymous detective in the short story series of Baranez Oquez and the first easy-chair detective in the history of mystery novels. He often sat in the corner of a coffee shop in London. By chance, this man talked to Miss Burton, a female reporter from the "Evening Observer" about a mysterious case in the newspaper. Since then, the two often met in the cafe, and the female reporter listened carefully as the mysterious man solved a mystery that was once sensational but baffled the police. The mysterious detective in the book "The Old Man in the Corner" is also an anonymous man with a mysterious background. He often plays with a rope in his hand when thinking and explaining cases. This novel has been evaluated as the best "armchair detective" mystery novel in history.