Who is Miss Northcott? And why is she dangerous? Miss Northcott is not the most famous of characters in fiction, but she a character in a well-known and admired author's short story, and, this author's birth date is May 22 (today's date) in 1859.
Here's a clue: this author's most famous character has the initials S.H., and he wears a very distinguished hat!
Stop by my Reading Fiction blog and meet Miss Northcott in the short story, John Barrington Cowles. Did you guess yet?
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