Edgar Wallace: 852 books

Der Chefinspektor klopfte mit der Hand auf einige Papiere, die vor ihm auf dem Schreibtisch lagen. »Es handelt sich um einen anonymen Briefschreiber, der stets mit ›Ein aufrichtiger Freund‹ unterschreibt. Er schickt unverschämte Briefe an hochstehende Persönlichkeiten und hat schon viel Unheil...

Decimo capitolo dei racconti con protagonisti il commissario Sanders e il tenente Bones. Ancora una volta assieme al capotribù Bosambo, i due ufficiali inglesi sono occupati a risolvere situazioni pericolose nell'Africa centro-occidentale. Sulle rive del Grande Fiume arrivano furbi speculatori che...

The Sanders series, viewed from today's perspective, is essentially about a make believe world, with clear cut delineations of good and evil, well defined codes of conduct and absence of any great emotional conflict. It should definitely not be seen through the currently fashionable prism of racism...

It is a small world, and the possibility of old criminal acquaintances meeting at a Surrey roadhouse is by no means remote. Sketchley, where the Coat of Arms roadhouse stands, is a place of strange happenings. There are thefts of valuable gold plate, a suspicious old man, seen but not caught, and...

The new managing director of Schemes Ltd. has an elegant London office and a theatrically dressed assistant. However Bones, as he is better known, is bored. Luckily there is a slump in the shipping market and it is not long before Joe and Fred Pole pay Bones a visit. They are totally unprepared for...

King Kerry is going to buy London. This morning he is on his way to buy shops in Oxford Street. Elsie Marion is late for work when she falls into conversation with him. Suddenly two shots ring out. They miss, but King Kerry seems to know his attacker. From a high office window a man shakes his fist:...

People, mostly young people, came to Tressa to resolve their immediate problems, for Tressa was wise in the ways of men and women, had London and its queer code at her finger-tips, and, a greater asset than her sophistication, had never lost touch with the human heart. She was fifty, slim, white of hair and hand, and, sophisticated as she was, had the habit of innocent interpretation.

Footprints and a dead woman bring together Superintendent Minton and the amateur sleuth Mr Cardew. Who is the man in the shrubbery? Who is the singer of the haunting Moorish tune? Why is Hannah Shaw so determined to go to Pawsy, 'a dog lonely place' she had previously detested? Death lurks in the...

»Sie haben wohl Gespenster gesehen? Johnston, Sie sind gesundheitlich vollkommen herunter. Ich werde morgen Mr. Nelson aufsuchen und ihn bitten, daß er dem Komitee empfiehlt, Ihnen einen Urlaub zu bewilligen.« »Vielleicht haben Sie recht, aber ... ich habe in Beverley Green Dinge gesehen, die...

Die junge Lois tritt im vornehmen Haus der Gräfin von Moron die Stelle einer Privatsekretärin an. Doch dann geschieht Merkwürdiges: Ein Balkon stürzt ab, der Butler Braime verhält sich verdächtig und ein Drahtgeflecht an einer Bücherschranktür gibt ihr Rätsel auf … Dann passiert etwas Unfassbares...

The green face hangs in the Room of Horror and around it grows a living, baffling legend of mystery and murder. At 2:00 a.m. the Embankment fog is thick and black. Men are gathered round a body. The dead man was clubbed and then thrown into the Thames. Dick Shannon races back to Scotland Yard, which...

Ihre Geschichte klingt so, als ob Sie von diesen berühmten, besser, berüchtigten Leuten gelesen hätten, die man die ›Vier Gerechten‹ nennt. Sie trieben ihr Wesen vor einigen Jahren, aber nun ist ihrer Tätigkeit glücklicherweise Einhalt geboten. Sie hatten sich die Aufgabe gesetzt, dort zu...