Po ulicach spowitego mgłą Londynu grasuje mordercza szajka czcicieli Upierzonego Węża. Ich ofiarą padają eleganckie damy obwieszone kosztowną biżuterią. A to dopiero początek wielkiej afery kryminalnej. W kolejnych dniach coraz więcej osób dostaje bileciki z pogróżkami, zdobione stemplem w kształcie znanego z azteckich legend węża o ptasich piórach... Czy londyński dziennikarz, Piotr Dewin zdoła wyjaśnić, kim jest tajne stowarzyszenie Upierzonego Węża i wpadnie na trop jego b...
Są przestępstwa, za które żadna kara nie jest adekwatna, przestępstwa, których pisane prawo nie może zatrzeć. Tak swoje działania uzasadnia Rada Sprawiedliwych – spotkanie wielkich i beznamiętnych intelektów, ludzi obojętnych na światową opinię. Wykorzystując swój spryt i przebiegłość nieustannie walczą oni przeciwko potężnym organizacjom podziemia, przeciwko dawnym mistrzom nikczemności i równie przebiegłym umysłom. Dla tych, którzy łamią ich niepisane prawa wyrok jest tylko...
Zu den Bekannten des Reporters Michael Quigley gehörten Einbrecher, Diebe, Schwindler, Bankräuber, Taschendiebe und viele andere Leute, die nicht gern mit der Polizei in Berührung kamen. Auch mit fast allen Beamten von Scotland Yard stand Mike auf gutem Fuß, und mehrmals hatte er schon das Wochenende mit dem Henker Dumont verbracht. Der Reporter Michael Quigley liebt die bezaubernde Janice Harman. Diese verlobt sich jedoch mit dem reichen Donald Bateman, obwohl sie ihn noch...
Kurz vor Hanna Shaw Tod konnte sie noch einen verzweifelten Hilferuf absenden. Die Haushälterin des Anwalts Gordon Cardew Hanna Shaw wird in einem von innen verschlossenen Raum gefunden wurde."Hanna Shaw hat mich gerufen! „ Miß Leigh zeigt Oberinspektor Minter von Scotland Yard ein Telegramm: „Bitte helfen Sie mir. Kommen Sie sofort. Es geht um mein Leben.” Was hat die mysteriöse Botschaft von Hanna Shaw an Miß Leigh kurz vor Ihrem Tod zu bedeuten? Eine spannende Jagd auf d...
The novel of Edgar Wallace’s famous play told by Robert Curtis in story form with all the dramatic excitement and suspense. In the shady setting of a solicitor’s office on the East End waterfront a plan is evolved – all quite legal to get hold of a large American legacy bequeathed to an English girl. Murder is planned and tried: kidnapping, incarceration in a London barge, a dash for freedom, the intervention of the river police and knock-out drops all play their part in th...
Opowieść Edgara Wallace’a Romans z włamywaczem zanurzona jest w atmosferze tajemnicy i przygody, a prowadzi czytelnika przez labirynt zdrad, niebezpieczeństw i niespodzianek. Jest w tej historii wszystko: dżentelmen włamywacz, skorumpowani policjanci, piękne kobiety oraz mroczne sekrety szejków marokańskich. Rzecz dzieje się w Londynie, w zamkach angielskich lordów oraz na afrykańskich pustyniach. Jak na kryminał przystało, zagadka zostaje rozwikłana dopiero na końcowych...
Londyn, początek XX wieku. Młody, ale doświadczony już oficer Scotland Yardu postanawia rozstać się z dotychczasową pracą. Pozostaje mu ostatnia sprawa do rozwiązania, która jednak zamiast dwóch dni pracy zabiera mu wiele tygodni… pełnych nieoczekiwanych zwrotów akcji.Mistrzowsko trzymająca w napięciu, klasyczna powieść kryminalna z policjantem/detektywem w tej samej osobie, ze Scotland Yardem w tle oraz z całą paletą czarnych charakterów. I oczywiście z piękną dziewczyną z s...
James Lexington Morlake, gentleman of leisure, Lord of the Manor of World and divers other titles which he rarely employed, unlocked the drawer of his elaborate Empire writing-table and gazed abstractedly into its depths. It was lined with steel and there were four distinct bolts. Slowly he put in his hand and took out first a folded square of black silk, then a businesslike automatic pistol, then a roll of fine leather... Suspense novel which takes the reader from London t...
Best remembered for penning the screenplay for the classic film „King Kong”, author Edgar Wallace was an astoundingly popular luminary in the action-adventure genre in the early twentieth century. Wallace was a very prolific writer despite his sudden death at age 56. In total Wallace is credited with over 170 novels, almost 1,000 short stories, and 18 stage plays. Wallace’s works have been turned into well over 100 films. This traditional mystery features a girl with an unu...
Dr. Beechington knew how difficult it was to live in genteel poverty. He was determined his daughter Mary should marry a wealthy man but Mary wasn’t so sure. Should she obey her father or follow her heart? Best remembered for penning the screenplay for the classic film „King Kong”, author Edgar Wallace was an astoundingly popular luminary in the action-adventure genre in the early twentieth century. „The Price a Woman Pays” is a story packed with great fun and Wallace keeps...
An Edgar Wallace detective thriller novel. The plot revolves around the nephew of a small town English doctor who takes over his uncle’s practice and runs into trouble with a religious fanatic. This book is in a new vein for Edgar Wallace, for it is not a story of mystery but a real novel, and goes to show where his versatility could take him if he wished, for „Those Folk of Bulboro” proves him to be the possessor of all the requisite gifts which go to make the really popul...
Edgar Wallace was an English novelist, journalist and playwright, who was an enormously popular writer of detective, suspense stories, and practically invented the modern „thriller”. His popularity at the time was comparable to that of Charles Dickens – one of Wallace’s publishers claimed that a quarter of all books read in England were written by him. „The Flying Fifty-Five” is a novel set in the horse racing community and follows the ups and downs of turf life. It’s all g...
This decent collection presents short stories that include „The Mind-Readers”, „The Sirius Man”, „The Couper Buckle”, and many more stories featuring Chief Inspector Oliver Rater, written by a famous British author Edgar Wallace.? ne of the stories are told in the third person, but one is told by Rater himself, which is unexpected. The stories are fast-paced with some surprising twists, well written and great to read but definitely a product of their time and place. One of ...
This is an excellent collection of short stories that include „The Silk Stockings”, „Cinema Teaching by Post”, „A Gambling Raid”, and many more. „The Mixer” is a particularly cool and resourceful scoundrel who works on the philanthropic principle of robbing only the thief and outswindling the swindler. He shows unfailing ingenuity in relieving of their ill-gotten gains the successful promoters of burglaries, sweepstakes, and financial scoops. Each chapter describes, in Mr. ...
John Sands needed a bride – more than that, however, he needed somebody with a criminal mind. Luckily a female convict has escaped from prison that very morning and was sitting in his house. Romance and mystery, with classic twists and turns. As is typical with Wallace, this book includes a death, a love-affair, a kidnapping, an intrepid amateur. British author Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (1875-1932) was reportedly the second biggest seller after the Bible in his heyday. ...
The master mystery-story teller presents a collection of short stories that include „The Terror” and many more. A group of criminals carry out a daring robbery of an armored van. Two of the criminals are betrayed by the mastermind of the operation. After ten years in prison they come out and search for the man behind the crimes who betrayed them. This genuine mystery story takes the reader from one exciting adventure to another with all the adroitness and ingenuity of Mr. W...
This early work by Edgar Wallace was originally published in 1930. „The Stretelli Case and Other Mystery Stories” is a collection of short stories, some also published in other collections of Wallace’s works. This volume includes: „Code No. 2”, „Red Beard”, „The Man Who Killed Himself”, „The Mediaeval Mind”, and many more. This is a nice collection of eleven short stories loosely classified as „mysteries”; while thriller elements are certainly present in most of them, the s...
This genuine mystery story takes the reader from one exciting adventure to another with all the adroitness and ingenuity of Mr. Wallace’s previous successful books. One is left gasping with suspense as the many clues are unraveled only to be followed by others still more stubborn. A beautiful woman has spent twenty cruel years in prison, for a suspected murder. Her daughter learns of the relationship after a chance visit at the jail. The true facts are known only after the ...
This early work by Edgar Wallace was originally published in 1932. Wallace was an extremely prolific writer who wrote over 175 novels, plus numerous plays, essays and journalistic articles. During the peak of his success during the 1920’s, it was said that a quarter of all books read in England were written by him. In England, in the 1920s, Wallace was said to be the second biggest seller after the Bible. Many of his novels were made into films and TV dramas. „The Steward” ...
A mystery novel classic by Edgar Wallace with so many twists and turns it becomes utterly baffling by the end. Superintendent Wills investigates the murder of a man found floating in the River Thames, it appears the victim was a archeology Oxford professor, murdered over three small fragments of an ancient text, working on the deciphering of some very rare tablets which if they fall into the wrong hands could cause major problems for one Asian country. He had previously bee...
When Inspector Tanner is called in to investigate a ruthless murder at Mark’s Priory, the grand ancestral home of the Lebanon family, he quickly discovers that nothing is quite as it seems. The household is controlled by the family physician, the footmen behave more like guests than servants and the secretary Isla is afraid for her life. Why are these two American „toughs” employed as footmen? Why is Lady Lebanon so unwilling to answer any questions? What he does know is th...
Detektywi ze Scotland Yardu próbują wyśledzić członków tajnego stowarzyszenia szantażystów o nazwie Czerwony Krąg. Dynamiczny rozwój akcji, żywe dialogi, umiejętność utrzymania czytelnika w napięciu oraz oddany z wielką precyzją klimat Londynu lat dwudziestych minionego wieku – to wszystko znajdziemy w tym klasycznym kryminale Edgara Wallace’a, autora wielu bardzo poczytnych powieści awanturniczo-przygodowych, sztuk teatralnych oraz scenariuszy hollywoodzkich przebojów kinow...
Ein paar Wochen nachdem ein Gefangener aus dem Gefängnis Sing-Sing entflieht, gibt es plötzlich mehrere Unterschlagungen im großen Stil. Ein Bankangestellter schenkt seiner Verlobten teuren Schmuck und schickt ihr ein dickes Bündel Dollarnoten. Zwei Fälle, die nur der berühmte Privatdetektiv Reeder lösen kann. Dort ist er der Spezialist für das Bankenwesen. Als in London eine Bank nach der andern durch Unterschlagungen im größeren Stil geschädigt wird, ist er es, der beigez...
