The Dorrington Deed-Box

<p>In 1897 Morrison published seven short stories detailing the exploits of Horace Dorrington. In contrast to Morrison's earlier character Martin Hewitt who one critic described as a low-key realistic lower-class answer to Sherlock Holmes Dorrington was a respected but deeply corrupt private detective a cheerfully unrepentant sociopath who is willing to stoop to theft blackmail fraud or cold-blooded murder to make a dishonest penny. These stories were collected as The Dorrington Deed Box (1897). Included:</p><ul><li>THE NARRATIVE OF MR. JAMES RIGBY</li><li>THE CASE OF JANISSARY</li><li>THE CASE OF THE MIRROR OF PORTUGAL</li><li>THE AFFAIR OF THE AVALANCHE BICYCLE AND TYRE CO. LIMITED</li><li>THE CASE OF MR. LOFTUS DEACON</li><li>OLD CATER'S MONEY</li></ul>