Edgar Wallace: 852 books

»Ich kann es Ihnen schon ansehen, daß Sie nichts erreicht haben«, sagte sie. »Dann müssen Sie ja eine Gedankenleserin sein«, entgegnete er lächelnd. »Es steht bei mir fest – aber das sage ich Ihnen nur inoffiziell –, daß Morstels ein Lügner ist. Er mag ja auch ein Mörder sein, aber...

Stella Barrington a hérité des écuries de courses de son père dont les succès font des jaloux parmi d’autres propriétaires de chevaux. Un jour, elle recueille un chemineau mal en point sur le bord de la route et lui offre le logis. Or ce vagabond s’y connaît fort bien en chevaux… Qui...

Un suspens sur fond d'héritage, qui se passe en Chine et en Angleterre. Le chinois Fing-Su veut devenir empereur de Chine. Pour cela il ne reculera devant aucun moyen, vol, meurtre... sous couvert d'une étrange société secrète.

She sat up in bed and a cold shiver ran down her spine. Somebody was in the room! She reached out to turn on the light and could have shrieked, for she touched a hand, a cold, small hand that was resting on the bedside table. For a second she was paralysed and then the hand was suddenly withdrawn....

There was a slump in the shipping market, and men who were otherwise decent citizens wailed for one hour of glorious war, when Kenyon Line Deferred had stood at 88 1/2, and even so poor an organization as Siddons Steam Packets Line had been marketable at 3 3/8. Two bareheaded men came down...

J G Reeder is a shabby little man with red hair and weak eyes. However, his extraordinary mind is rapier sharp. Here are three thrilling episodes torn from his casebook: Red Aces about a man who gambles high and lives in fear; Kennedy the Con Man, reveals the impeccable mask stripped from a fiend,...

This is the story of a young female criminal mastermind who leads a gang in a series of exceptionally daring and very profitable robberies but works as secretary to keep her cover story intact. When she picks up information from her boss, an aristocrat, the police soon suspect her of wrongdoing. But...

When Cartwright and Maxell visit the theatre in Tangiers, Cartwright boldly liberates the Irish singer Miss O'Grady from her infamous surroundings, so angering the theatre owner's son and the Spaniard Jose Ferreria. Then the news from El Mograb is good so Cartwright leaves to arrange the necessary...

If you like a villain to be a proper villain then Oberzhon is the genuine article. What a villain! What an adventure! There are crimes for which no punishment is adequate, offences that the written law cannot efface. When conventional justice fails The Three Just Men employ their great intellect and...

"She hated me. She hates me still ... yes...." He waited. The doctor was embarrassed and came back to the object of the visit. "I should be ever so much more comfortable in my mind if you saw a specialist, Mr.—er—Jackson. You see how difficult it is for me to give an opinion? I may be wrong. I...

At first glance J G Reeder is an ordinary, slightly shabby little man with red hair, weak eyes, whiskers, square-toed boots and a chest protector cravat. However, working for the Public Prosecutor he finds plenty to stretch his extraordinary mind. Here are eight thrilling, highly original tales from one of the greatest talents ever applied to detective fiction.

The day Johnny Gray is released from Dartmoor he learns that Marney Kane, the girl he loves, just has married. Johnny's disappointment turns quickly into horror when he realises that the bridegroom is not whom he claims to be. Marney has unknowingly married the son of her father's worst enemy. Johnny becomes entangled in a fiendish plan and he has to risk his life to save Marney.

When Cartwright and Maxell visit the theater in Tangiers, Cartwright boldly liberates the Irish singer Miss O'Grady from her infamous surroundings, so angering the theater owner's son and the Spaniard Jose Ferreria. Then the news from El Mograb is good, so Cartwright leaves to arrange the necessary...

Fing-Su has one purpose:dominate the world . And to do so ,he can blackmail, kidnapp...