Skin o' My Tooth
Skin O' My tooth, aka Patrick Mulligan, was created by Baroness Emmuska Orczy, and appeared in twelve mystery short stories which were collected in Skin o' My Tooth. His Memoirs, By His Confidential Clerk.
Mulligan is represented as an ugly, portly, but particularly sharp Irish lawyer who goes to great lengths to get his clients off. Usually this involves him solving the crimes himself. The stories are narrated by his confidential clerk Alexander Stanislaus Mullins, whom Mulligan insists on referring to as "Muggins".
Mulligan's nickname comes from one client who described Mulligan freeing him "by the skin o' my tooth." In his narration, Mullins almost exclusively refers to his employer by the nickname.
Stories
The following stories first appeared in The Windsor Magazine 1903:The Murder in Saltashe WoodsThe Case of the Polish Prince The Case of Major GibsonThe Duffield Peerage CaseThe Case of Mrs. NorrisThe Murton-Braby MurderOther stories featuring the character include:The Kazan PearlsThe Inverted FiveThe Turquoise StudOverwhelming EvidenceA Shot in the Night
- ''The Hungarian Landowner''