{"product_id":"2940013081383","title":"THE OLD MAN IN THE CORNER","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     I.  THE FENCHURCH STREET MYSTERY\u003cbr\u003e    II.  A MILLIONAIRE IN THE DOCK\u003cbr\u003e   III.  HIS DEDUCTION\u003cbr\u003e    IV.  THE ROBBERY IN PHILLIMORE TERRACE\u003cbr\u003e     V.  A NIGHT'S ADVENTURE\u003cbr\u003e    VI.  ALL HE KNEW\u003cbr\u003e   VII.  THE YORK MYSTERY\u003cbr\u003e  VIII.  THE CAPITAL CHARGE\u003cbr\u003e    IX.  A BROKEN-HEARTED WOMAN\u003cbr\u003e     X.  THE MYSTERIOUS DEATH ON THE UNDERGROUND RAILWAY\u003cbr\u003e    XI.  MR. ERRINGTON\u003cbr\u003e   XII.  THE LIVERPOOL MYSTERY\u003cbr\u003e  XIII.  A CUNNING RASCAL\u003cbr\u003e   XIV.  THE EDINBURGH MYSTERY\u003cbr\u003e    XV.  A TERRIBLE PLIGHT\u003cbr\u003e   XVI.  NON PROVEN\u003cbr\u003e  XVII.  UNDENIABLE FACTS\u003cbr\u003e XVIII.  THE THEFT AT THE ENGLISH PROVIDENT BANK\u003cbr\u003e   XIX.  CONFLICTING EVIDENCE\u003cbr\u003e    XX.  AN ALIBI\u003cbr\u003e   XXI.  THE DUBLIN MYSTERY\u003cbr\u003e  XXII.  FORGERY\u003cbr\u003e XXIII.  A MEMORABLE DAY\u003cbr\u003e  XXIV.  AN UNPARALLELED OUTRAGE\u003cbr\u003e   XXV.  THE PRISONER\u003cbr\u003e  XXVI.  A SENSATION\u003cbr\u003e XXVII.  TWO BLACKGUARDS\u003cbr\u003eXXVIII.  THE REGENT'S PARK MURDER\u003cbr\u003e  XXIX.  THE MOTIVE\u003cbr\u003e   XXX.  FRIENDS\u003cbr\u003e  XXXI.  THE DE GENNEVILLE PEERAGE\u003cbr\u003e XXXII.  A HIGH-BRED GENTLEMAN\u003cbr\u003eXXXIII.  THE LIVING AND THE DEAD\u003cbr\u003e XXXIV.  THE MYSTERIOUS DEATH IN PERCY STREET\u003cbr\u003e  XXXV.  SUICIDE OR MURDER?\u003cbr\u003e XXXVI.  THE END\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE OLD MAN IN THE CORNER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE FENCHURCH STREET MYSTERY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe man in the corner pushed aside his glass, and leant across the\u003cbr\u003etable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Mysteries!\" he commented. \"There is no such thing as a mystery in\u003cbr\u003econnection with any crime, provided intelligence is brought to bear upon\u003cbr\u003eits investigation.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVery much astonished Polly Burton looked over the top of her newspaper,\u003cbr\u003eand fixed a pair of very severe, coldly inquiring brown eyes upon him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe had disapproved of the man from the instant when he shuffled across\u003cbr\u003ethe shop and sat down opposite to her, at the same marble-topped table\u003cbr\u003ewhich already held her large coffee (3d.), her roll and butter (2d.),\u003cbr\u003eand plate of tongue (6d.).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow this particular corner, this very same table, that special view of\u003cbr\u003ethe magnificent marble hall--known as the Norfolk Street branch of the\u003cbr\u003eAërated Bread Company's depôts--were Polly's own corner, table, and\u003cbr\u003eview. Here she had partaken of eleven pennyworth of luncheon and one\u003cbr\u003epennyworth of daily information ever since that glorious\u003cbr\u003enever-to-be-forgotten day when she was enrolled on the staff of the\u003cbr\u003e_Evening Observer_ (we'll call it that, if you please), and became a\u003cbr\u003emember of that illustrious and world-famed organization known as the\u003cbr\u003eBritish Press.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47069753016560,"sku":"2940013081383","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013081383_p0.jpg?v=1763576197","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013081383","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}