Edgar Wallace

A stranger and foreigner arrives at the offices of a small publication in London only to be faced by the “editor” whose face is completely s…

A millionaire is taken suddenly ill, and sensing his mortality, he asks his attorney to do him one last favor—to find and secretly watch ove…

When this was written, literary traditions still decreed beauty to be the outward sign of inner saintliness, whereas evil characters tended …

Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (April 1, 1875–February 10, 1932) was a prolific British crime writer, journalist and playwright, who wrote 17…

The Crimson Circle gang spreads fear by extortion and murder. Its members range from rich, powerful bankers to petty criminals, and none of …

Beautiful Jean Briggerland is the epitome of evilness in this twisting and turning thriller. She plots many different ways to steal her new …

Well-known mystery writer John Lexman is charged with murder and sent to Broadmoor Prison. His friend T.X., head of a special branch of Scot…

Edgar Wallace, perhaps best known for creating King Kong, wrote dozens of novels. The Green Rust, his twelfth crime novel, is one of three b…

Detective mystery story set in London, with some romance, and intriguing plot. - Summary by Peter Thomlinson

The Book of All Power by Edgar Wallace is set in London at the beginning, and then the action moves to Russia. The story covers the period f…

In this story, a small village in rural England is the unlikely site of multiple mysterious goings-on. Dick Gordon, a young public prosecuto…

This year is the 9th anniversary of our illustrious community, and readers have found and recorded 99 items with a connection with the numbe…

In the atmosphere of political turmoil before the First World War it seemed there were villains, spies and anarchists around every corner. S…

A rich man is murdered in a seemingly impossible way. Journalist Tab Holland and Inspector Carver have only the clue of the new pin lying in…