Edgar Wallace: 852 books

Lew Daney, chief suspect in a jewel robbery and an ensuing murder, vanishes leaving no trace. Once he saved Mary Grier from a knife attack by a madman. Mary Grier now works at Clench House in Scotland as secretary to the miserly Mr. Arkwright, and Mr. Arkwright’s nephew and heir is „"Tiger"”...

The Duke de Montvillier and George Hankey, who discovered silver in Los Madges, have moved into Kymott Crescent. Alicia Terrill, widow and relation of Sir Harry Tanner, finds the Duke a distinctly unpleasant neighbour. Sir Harry's son is sent to intervene. Unannounced, Sir Harry arrives with a stranger....

The Angel of Terror aka The Destroying Angel Jack Glover of Rennet, Glover and Simpson does not believe his cousin Meredith killed Bulford. Meredith's father was an eccentric and unless Meredith is married by the age of thirty his sister inherits everything. She is dead and Meredith, now in prison,...

Dickson McCunn, a respectable, newly retired grocer, plans a walking holiday in the hills of south-west Scotland. He meets a young English poet and finds himself in the thick of a plot involving the kidnapping of a Russian princess, who is held prisoner in the rambling mansion, Huntingtower. This modern fairy-tale is also a gripping adventure story. (Amazon)

Also known as The Squeaker, the story is based on the age-old saw 'Thou shalt not blab'. The main question seems to be who is The Squealer, but you find out who he is well before the end and, as usual, it's not who you think it is.

Francis Elmer has vanished, and all that is found is a typed note signed 'The Head Hunter'. Elmer's niece Adele Leamington is an extra at the Knebworth Film Corporation. The actress Stella Mendoza keeps the whole set waiting to shoot, in the best Hollywood tradition, but her starring role is given...

When John Flack, a notorious criminal mastermind, escapes from Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, life becomes dangerous for Mr. J.G. Reeder. So Mr. Reeder is quite glad, when the woman he loves leaves London and takes a job as a secretary at Larme Keep, a noble boarding house near the coast. But there are strange things going on in the Keep ...

Der Alte heißt ein geisteskranker Verbrecher, der aus der Irrenanstalt von Sketchley Hill in der Nähe von London ausbricht. Kurze Zeit später stellt Lord Arranway einen nächtlichen Einbrecher in seinem Schloß. Als er seine Waffe auf den Mann richtet, verhindert Lady Arranway einen Mord. Und doch brennt das Schloß einige Zeit später bis auf die Grundmauern nieder.

Die Sekretärin Majorie Stedman wird Ohrenzeuge einer Auseinandersetzung zwischen Sir James Tynewood und "Pretoria-Smith". "Ich will meine Rechnung begleichen", hört sie Sir James sagen. Gleich darauf fällt ein Schuß. Am Abend erfährt Marjoirie, daß Sir James tot ist. Angeblich hat er Selbstmord begangen.

Stephen Narth ist hochverschuldet. Seine Lage scheint aussichtslos. Doch dann eröffnen sich ihm Möglichkeiten, den drohenden Konkurs noch abzuwenden – einzige Bedingung: Er muss eine seiner weiblichen Verwandten an den mysteriösen Goldminenverwalter Clifford Lynne verheiraten, um an das Erbe...

If a man is not eager for adventure at the age of twenty-two, the enticement of romantic possibilities will never come to him.

Many years ago the Monrovian Government sent one Bosambo, a native of the Kroo coast and consequently a thief, to penal servitude for the term of his natural life. Bosambo, who had other views on the matter, was given an axe and a saw in the penal settlement - which was a patch of wild forest in the...

Frank Sutton, propriétaire d'une très grosse société d'import-export, a embauché le capitaine John Leslie, repris de justice, comme directeur commercial, et Tillman, autre gibier de potence, comme garçon de bureau. Il est fiancé à la belle Beryl Stedman, élevée par son oncle.Lew Friedman,...