/lit/ - Literature

Let's talk about mystery/detective stories that we enjoy.

Hard mode: No Sherlock Holmes

Anyway, I occasionally go back to 'The Old Man in the Corner' now and again (...Wow, that sounds terrible) written by Baroness Orczy.

Something about the old man's attitude and his calm assertion that 'There is no such thing as a mystery when intelligence is brought to bare upon it's investigation' is fun. In addition to his description as skeletaly thin... heck, his investigation method is something that makes you think 'If I payed just a little bit more attention... I could totally do that.'