Edgar Wallace: 852 books

„Mr. Justice Maxell” follows the story of two business partners, Maxell and Cartwright, one of whom becomes a judge and sentences the other to prison, the woman they both marry, and their respective cousins whom they take on as their own wards. Spanning roughly a decade, the plot hinges on multiple...

Dans « L’homme sans nom », Edgar Wallace nous propose un roman policier sans policier mais avec un vrai cadavre. L’héroïne, Marjorie Stedman est employée d’une étude de notaire et tenue au secret. Pourtant elle a été témoin de la mort de Sir James Oliver Tynewood. Elle a vu le meurtrier,...

Un maître-chanteur, un double meurtre et une étrange demeure qui recèle bien des mystères… Cette histoire pleine de rebondissements compte parmi les meilleurs romans à suspense écrits par Edgar Wallace, l'un des pionniers du genre.

Der Roman beginnt damit, dass der Reporter Spike Holland versucht, aus der mehrfach berichteten Erscheinung des geheimnisvollen grünen Bogenschützen im Garre Castle, das der amerikanische Geschäftsmann Abel Bellamy bewohnt, eine Story für seine Zeitung zu schreiben. Zudem berichtet er über den...

A sir Philip Ramon le tiene sin cuidado la carta firmada por cuatro hombres que se autoproclaman "justos". El ministro de Relaciones Exteriores no dará el brazo a torcer en la presentación del proyecto de ley que regula la extradición de extranjeros. Toda la policía de Londres está...

When millionaire Rex Walton mysteriously vanishes on the eve of his wedding, a chain of strange, violent events is set in motion. Intrepid Joan Walton assists Inspector Dicker in the search for her brother. The main suspect is notorious criminal „The Panda” („The Prince of Blackmailers”)....

Dieses eBook: "Penelope von der ›Polyantha‹" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen. Aus dem Buch: "Als sie am nächsten Morgen nach Stone House zurückkehrten, war Mr. Dorban ernst und in Gedanken versunken....

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...

Among the most prolific of all authors of adventure fiction was the redoubtable Edgar Wallace. 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 this classic comedy, an office boy unexpectedly inherits the title of Marquis....

Le Capitaine des âmes : Si vous espérez passer un bon moment à la lecture de ce Capitaine des âmes, en suivant avec délectation une histoire policière pleine d’action et de rebondissements, aux côtés d’un enquêteur particulièrement sagace et ingénieux, qui vous laissera pantelant dans...

Wallace wrote screen plays, poetry, historical non-fiction, 18 stage plays, 957 short stories and over 170 novels, 12 in 1929 alone. More than 160 films have been made of Wallace's work. He is remembered for the creation of King Kong, as a writer of 'the colonial imagination', for the J. G. Reeder...

A collection of 7 short mystery/romance stories by the great story-teller Wallace which contains the following works: „The Cat Burglar”, „The Pick-Up”, „Discovering Rex”, „The Clue Of Monday’s Settling”, „Establishing Charles Bullivant”, „Sentimental Simpson”, „White Stocking”....

Over 160 films have been made of his novels. In the 1920s, one of Wallace's publishers claimed that a quarter of all books read in England were written by him. He is most famous today as the co-creator of King Kong, writing the early screenplay and story for the movie, as well as a short story "King...

Wallace was a prolific author responsible for several series of popular novels featuring bold adventurers and crime fighters. For his series set in the highly evocative world of West Africa he created two of his most beloved and enduring characters, Colonial Administrator Sanders and his eccentric...