Emmuska Orczy

Hungarian-born British novelist and playwright (1865–1947), known as Baroness Orczy and best known for creating the adventure hero The Scarlet Pimpernel.

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  1. 1. Unravelled Knots

    and Other Stories

    A collection of neatly plotted short detective tales centered on a sardonic armchair sleuth who, from the corner of a tea-room, dissects baffling crimes solely through keen observation and logic. Each story is recounted by a companion who listens as the old man teases out overlooked clues, reconstructs motives, and exposes surprising solutions—often revealing social hypocrisies and moral ambiguities as much as the perpetrator. The mood favors dry wit and intellectual puzzle-solving, with clever twists that reward careful attention to human character and circumstance.

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