Author: | Edgar Wallace | ISBN: | 1230000202915 |
Publisher: | ACE Publishing | Publication: | December 15, 2013 |
Imprint: | Language: | English |
Author: | Edgar Wallace |
ISBN: | 1230000202915 |
Publisher: | ACE Publishing |
Publication: | December 15, 2013 |
Imprint: | |
Language: | English |
Edgar Wallace is a English crime writer, journalist, novelist, screenwriter, and playwright. He wrote 175 novels, 24 plays, and numerous articles. In the 1920s, one of Wallace's publishers claimed that a quarter of all books read in England were written by him.
He was known during his lifetime for the J. G. Reeder detective stories, The Four Just Men, The Ringer, and for creating the Green Archer character. He is most famous today as the co-creator of King Kong.
All books included in this collection feature a hyperlinked table of contents.
Table of Contents
Room 13-
John Gray, a moderately wealthy gentleman who was set up for having supposedly cheated riding in a horse race and sent to Dartmoor, comes out seeking vegence on the man who sent him there --and finds himself aided in his quest by the seemingly innocuous J.G. Reeder.
The Mind of Mr J G Reeder-
Short stories are about a former police officer working for the Director of Public Prosecutions.
Red Aces-
It is about a man who gambles high and lives in fear; Kennedy the Con Man, reveals the impeccable mask stripped from a fiend, and finally The Case of Jo Attymer, a thoroughly intriguing mystery involving murder on London's Thames.
Edgar Wallace is a English crime writer, journalist, novelist, screenwriter, and playwright. He wrote 175 novels, 24 plays, and numerous articles. In the 1920s, one of Wallace's publishers claimed that a quarter of all books read in England were written by him.
He was known during his lifetime for the J. G. Reeder detective stories, The Four Just Men, The Ringer, and for creating the Green Archer character. He is most famous today as the co-creator of King Kong.
All books included in this collection feature a hyperlinked table of contents.
Table of Contents
Room 13-
John Gray, a moderately wealthy gentleman who was set up for having supposedly cheated riding in a horse race and sent to Dartmoor, comes out seeking vegence on the man who sent him there --and finds himself aided in his quest by the seemingly innocuous J.G. Reeder.
The Mind of Mr J G Reeder-
Short stories are about a former police officer working for the Director of Public Prosecutions.
Red Aces-
It is about a man who gambles high and lives in fear; Kennedy the Con Man, reveals the impeccable mask stripped from a fiend, and finally The Case of Jo Attymer, a thoroughly intriguing mystery involving murder on London's Thames.