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To save herself from debtor's prison, a girl agrees to marry a convicted killer When her father died, Lydia lost her closest friend in the world and inherited a mountain of debt. Though she works tirelessly, she doubts she will ever be able to pay it all off. She is near despair when a lawyer comes to her with a most unusual proposal that could save her finances-and cost her life. The lawyer's client is James Meredith, a wealthy young man who has...
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The Four Just Men (1905) is a political thriller by Edgar Wallace. The book that launched Wallace's career as one of England's leading popular fiction writers, The Four Just Men was released in conjunction with a newspaper competition allowing readers to guess the truth behind the unsolved mystery at the end of the novel. Like many of Wallace's stories and novels, The Four Just Men was adapted into a silent film in 1921 before being made into a popular...
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Audrey Bedford, a small town girl, goes to London and is, arrested for, stealing the Queen of Finland's necklace. She realizes immediately that her sister is the guilty party, but family loyalty leads her to accept the charge and she does the time rather than implicate her sister. Once released from prison she takes the only job she can find and ends up embroiled in a case of murder, robbery and stolen diamonds. Because of her past, she can't afford...
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An elusive gang leader and his minions frighten London and frustrate Scotland Yard in this classic crime thriller.
The secret organization whose members were known only as "the Frogs" was the subject of rumors and jokes-until serious crimes began to occur, one after another. The perpetrators, once caught, were found to bear tattooed frogs on their wrists and kept their mouths firmly shut, and the populace grew terrified of them.
The police were frustrated...
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"The Clue of the New Pin" is a detective novel by an outstanding British writer and playwright Edgar Wallace (1875—1932). Millionaire and miser Jesse Trasmere is found dead in his house. The investigation leads to a small Chinese restaurant, to actress Ursula Ardfern, in company with whom the millionaire was often seen. Wallace Edgar is a popular author of detectives, a prosaist, screenwriter, founder of the "thriller" genre. Edgar Wallace Richard...
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This early work by Edgar Wallace was originally published in 1922 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'The Flying Fifty-Five' is a novel set in the horse racing community and follows the ups and downs of turf life. Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace was born in London, England in 1875. He received his early education at St. Peter's School and the Board School, but after a frenetic teens involving a rash engagement and...
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In their second explosive adventure, the Four Just Men must sacrifice one of their own Her rise through the ranks of the Red Hundred was swift and inexorable. From scraps of conversation overheard in her father's kitchen, she crafted speeches that brought men to tears. When the time came for bloodshed, she did not hesitate-generals and princes died by her hand. As her beauty grew, so did her influence. Now the Woman of Gratz and the anarchist horde...
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When an Italian mob named The Red Hand extort the English nation, threatening to release a plague if their financial demands are not met, Professor Tillizini, a clever man, seeks to save his country by dismantling the secret society. After deciding the most efficient way to stop The Red Hand would be to reveal their secrets, particularly the identity of their leader, Tillizini begins his investigation with his friend, Antonio Festini. Though he is...
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This early work by Edgar Wallace was originally published in 1929 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'The Golden Hades' is a tale of murder and a symbol on bank notes leading to a sinister organisation. Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace was born in London, England in 1875. He received his early education at St. Peter's School and the Board School, but after a frenetic teens involving a rash engagement and frequently...
10) The Devil Man
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Edgar Wallace's 1931 novel "The Devil Man" is the mysterious and thrilling story of Charles Pearce, an small, unnerving, musician, gifted but terribly boastful. Woman can't resist him, but they don't know the real Pearce. Full of dispense, action and amusing characters, "The Devil Man" constitutes a veritable page-turner that fans of crime fiction won't want to miss. Many vintage books such as this had been becoming increasingly rare or expensive....
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Ten thrilling tales from the secret files of the world's most famous vigilantes An honest workingman tries to intimidate his wife's blackmailer and winds up in prison. Only the organization known as the Four Just Men can save him-by taking the law into their own hands. A noted professor is found strangled to death in his laboratory, and the prime suspect is his sinister-looking son. When Manfred and Gonsalez realize that the police have not only...
12) The Squeaker
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The Squeaker is a piece of early crime writing by author Richard Wallace, first published in 1927. It is the thrilling story of story of a group of London jewel thieves and the company they keep. An entertaining tale of mystery and intrigue in London's underworld, this volume constitutes a must-read for lovers of crime fiction. Many vintage books such as this had been becoming increasingly rare or expensive. This volume is now republished in an available,...
13) The Ringer
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A notorious assassin returns to London to avenge the death of his sister in this classic crime thriller.
Word had come from Australia that the Ringer was dead. The body of the legendary killer had been pulled from Sydney Harbor-or so it was thought.
In reality, it is the Ringer's sister whose fate is a watery grave. Left in the care of Maurice Meister, a London lawyer for whom she worked as a secretary, she has turned up dead in the Thames-and now...
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A shadowy figure controls a cabal of criminals that could bring London to its knees In the black of night, a gang of workmen gather in the forest of France to assemble a guillotine. They open a few bottles of wine as they work, and one hammers a nail into the wrong spot. At dawn, the nail blocks the blade, and a prisoner survives to escape his fate. Many years later, that nail will doom more than a dozen men. In London, a ruined financier stands on...
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"The Feathered Serpent" is a novel by an outstanding British writer and playwright Edgar Wallace (1875—1932). A Young venturer Crewe and his girl-friend and actress Ella Creed are receiving strange visiting cards, on which a feathered snake is drawn and a warning written. After this a string of robberies happens. Wallace Edgar is a popular author of detectives, a prosaist, screenwriter, founder of the "thriller" genre. Edgar Wallace Richard Horatio...
16) The Terror
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The sensational novel, which launched Collins' Detective Story Club in 1929, was by Edgar Wallace, who wrote more crime stories in the 1920s, and more films, than any other author. This new edition of The Terror, with its original jacket artwork, also includes another classic Wallace text, White Face.
A dangerous gang of criminals is imprisoned after a daring robbery, although the ringleader who masterminded the crime disappears with the loot. Finally...
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Collected together in a single collection for the first time are twelve stories of mystery, murder and mayhem by master story teller Edgar Wallace. Edgar Wallace wrote more than one hundred fifty novels and seven hundred short stories. He is best known for writing the original King Kong script just before his death. Perhaps the most prolific author of all time.
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The Edgar Wallace Super Pack collects four complete book in one omnibus binding. Over two hundred thousand words and seven hundred pages of brilliant crime fiction by one of the genre's masterst. Edgar Wallace wrote more than one hundred fifty novels and seven hundred short stories. He is best known for writing the original King Kong script just before his death. Perhaps the most prolific author of all time. Included here are:
The Dark Eyes of London
The...
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