Skin o' My Tooth
Skin O' My tooth, aka Patrick Mulligan, was created by Baroness Emmuska Orczy (author of the Scarlet Pimpernel series), and appeared in several stories which were collected in Skin o' My Tooth. His Memoirs, By His Confidential Clerk (1928). Mulligan is an ugly, portly, but particularly sharp Irish lawyer who goes to great lengths (even unscrupulous ones) to get his clients off. Usually this involves him solving the crimes himself. The nickname comes from one client who described Mulligan freeing him "by the skin o' my tooth." Stories The following stories first appeared in The Windsor Magazine (June - November) 1903 The Murder in Saltashe Woods The Case of the Polish Prince The Case of Major Gibson The Duffield Peerage Case The Case of Mrs. Norris The Murton-Braby Murder External links Skin O' My Tooth at Project Gutenberg Australia Skin O' My Tooth on wikisource 1928 short story collections Fictional amateur detectives Short story collections by Baroness Emma Orczy Mystery short story collections