e-books in Edgar Wallace category
Sanders of the Riverby Edgar Wallace - Ward, Lock & Co. , 1911
Charged with the task of engaging with the indigenous peoples of Nigeria during the colonial period, Sanders takes a no-nonsense approach that, though it may offend the sensibilities of current-day readers, is unquestionably effective.
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The Keepers of the King's Peaceby Edgar Wallace - Project Gutenberg , 2008
Unexpected things happen in the territories of the Belgian Congo where Commissioner Sanders keeps an uneasy peace, aided by his trusty assistant Lieutenant Hamilton. He must deal with ju-ju, religious-palava, lost vials of virulent disease.
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Jack O' Judgmentby Edgar Wallace - Project Gutenberg , 2008
He had been shot in his tracks on a night of snow and storm. When the police got him to the mortuary and searched his clothes they found a little tin box of white powder which proved to be cocaine, and a playing card -- the Jack of Clubs.
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The Green Rustby Edgar Wallace - Project Gutenberg , 2008
The chase is on to stop Dr. Van Heerden before he can release the threat of the Green Rust and take over the world in this exciting page-turner, originally published in 1919, from the undisputed King of Thrillers, Edgar Wallace.
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The Daffodil Mysteryby Edgar Wallace - Project Gutenberg , 2007
The book is set at around the turn of the century in London and Hertfordshire. Readers' notions of likely suspects are cleverly led along until a plot twist turns them on their heads. The murderer is the person most readers will least suspect.
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The Clue of the Twisted Candleby Edgar Wallace - Project Gutenberg , 2001
Kara believes that there is a great criminal lost in John Lexman, the detective-story writer involved in a plot more fantastic than any of his own ingenious mysteries. A tense and powerful tale that moves dramatically between London and the Balkans.
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The Man Who Knewby Edgar Wallace - Small, Maynard & Company , 1918
This story of the amazing adventures which come into the life of a diamond merchant, who comes from the mines of South Africa to London, is clever in plot and effective in style. As a writer of detective stories, Wallace occupies an enviable place.
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Tam o' the Scootsby Edgar Wallace - A. L. Burt company , 1919
Adventure novel set on the Western Front during World War I. Lieutenant Bridgeman went out over the German line and strafed a depot. He stayed a while to locate a new gun position and was caught between three strong batteries of Archies.
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The Book of All-Powerby Edgar Wallace - Project Gutenberg , 2008
If a man is not eager for adventure at the age of twenty-two, the enticement of romantic possibilities will never come to him. The chairman looked with a little amusement at the young man who sat on the edge of a chair by the chairman's desk.
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The Secret Houseby Edgar Wallace - A. L. Burt company , 1919
A man stood irresolutely before the imposing portals of Cainbury House, a large office building let out to numerous small tenants, and harbouring, as the indicator on the tiled wall of the vestibule testified, some thirty different professions.
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Bones in Londonby Edgar Wallace - Project Gutenberg , 2008
The new Director of Schemes Ltd has an elegant 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 pay Bones a visit.
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The Angel of Terrorby Edgar Wallace - Project Gutenberg , 2007
''James Meredith, you have been convicted after a long and patient trial of the awful crime of wilful murder. With the verdict of the jury I am in complete agreement. There is little doubt, after hearing the evidence of the unfortunate lady...''
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