Edgar Wallace - Libros y biografía

Between 1904 and 1918, Wallace collected tales about life in the British Army and the escapades and adventures of the troops. These led him to create the eponymous character, 'Smithy.' The first in the...

The ninth instalment in the 'Sanders of the River' series, ´Sandi the King-Maker´ provides a fitting end for our eponymous hero.When a missionary and his daughter go missing in Africa, Commissioner Sanders...

Laying the foundations for the likes of 'Silence of the Lambs,' starring Anthony Hopkins, 'The Murder Book of J.G. Reeder' follows an investigator with the mind of a criminal. From the outside, our hero...

Between 1904 and 1918, Wallace collected tales about life in the British Army and the escapades and adventures of the troops. These led him to create the eponymous character, 'Smithy.'The third book in...

Major Herbert Rowse Armstrong has the dubious honour of being the only UK solicitor to be executed for murder. 'Herbert Armstrong – Poisoner' details the courtroom proceedings following his arrest, documented...

On July 15th, 1912, the body of Dora Grey was found on Yarmouth Beach. Apparently strangled, this became known as 'The Bootlace Murder,' believed by investigators to be the work of a serial killer. 'The...

The second book in the 'Sanders of the River' series, 'The People of the River' gives us a little more insight into the working of the eponymous Commissioner's mind. Wonderfully witty, decidedly facetious,...

Between 1904 and 1918, Wallace collected tales about life in the British Army and the escapades and adventures of the troops. These led him to create the eponymous character, 'Smithy.'However, 'Jam for...

Mr Chell is a very wealthy man. However, even his money cannot buy him a sense of humour. When he receives a letter demanding thousands of pounds to prevent his imminent kidnap, he must decide whether...

A gripping diamond heist page-turner from the father of the modern thriller.When a valuable diamond is stolen, a private investigator is sent to track him down. However, the trail turns cold when the...

James Bond meets Sherlock Holmes in this classic, high-octane, spy thriller.When the police can't find the evidence to put away master criminal Caesar Valentine, there's only one man for the job.Number...

The Ringer, the legendary killer is dead, his body pulled from the Sydney harbour, the world may now breathe a sigh of relief. That is until the Ringer's sister is found dead in the Thames. Inexplicably,...

An unusual novel in Wallace's collection, it is not told linearly but instead it is an adventure novel told in the form of witness statements to a journalist. It follows Captain Tatham as he and his crew...

Dukes aren't meant to be Texas Cowboys. But the Duc de Montevillier is just that. Having made his fortune in silver, he relocates to the leafy London suburb of Kymott Crescent—much to the dismay of his...

'The Nine Bears' introduces us for the first time to the brilliant Scotland Yard Detective Elk, on assignment to track down some shady financiers causing havoc with the global markets. It is a plot worthy...

'The Law of Four Just Men' follows a group of four wealthy vigilantes who hunt down evil that the law cannot reach for punishment. Where conventional justice fails these men will not. Using their vast...

This novel is dedicated to one of Wallace's favourite pastimes, horse racing. It follows the rough neck Australian gambler Brian Pallard as he arrives in England to meet his distant relatives. Over the...

Inspector T.B. Smith of Scotland Yard has got a lot on his plate. Two men are found shot to death outside the door of a millionaire, who happens to live just a few doors down from Smith himself. And a...

"I am afraid I don't understand you, Mr. Lyne." Odette Rider looked gravely at the young man who lolled against his open desk. Her clear skin was tinted with the faintest pink, and there was in the sober...

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,...

The hush of the court, which had been broken when the foreman of the jury returned their verdict, was intensified as the Judge, with a quick glance over his pince-nez at the tall prisoner, marshalled...

Chick : À la place de Chick, que feriez-vous ? Imaginez-vous employé d’une compagnie d’assurance, à cinq livres par semaine, loger dans une pension modeste où réside aussi Gwenda, une actrice au chômage…...

Der Redner, so nannten sie Inspektor Rater von Scotland Yard, erfuhr in seinem Urlaub vom Tod Lord Eustace Lightley. Dabei fiel ihn ein, dass der örtliche Apotheker ihm vor Monaten mal von einer Arsenkur...

«L'Archer vert» recèle tous les archétypes du roman policier gothique: le château hanté, le pacte avec le diable, le mariage avec la mort, les bandits, l'usurpateur, le crime et le châtiment, personnages...

Le capitaine Michel Brixan du Foreign Office se voit confier par son supérieur Staines, la recherche de celui que l'on appelle «Le Coupe-Têtes». il se retrouve dans le monde du cinéma, le metteur en scène...

Many years ago the Monrovian Government sent one Bosambo, a native of the Kroo coast and consequently a thief, to penal servitude for the term of his natural life. Bosambo, who had other views on the...

Traduzione di "Again Sanders" (1928). Ultimo capitolo dei racconti con protagonisti il commissario Sanders e il tenente Bones. Aiutati ancora una volta dal capotribù Bosambo, i due militari inglesi sono...

Nono volume del "ciclo africano" di Edgar Wallace. In prima traduzione italiana. Continuano le avventure al quartier generale presso il Grande Fiume, nell'Africa Occidentale. Il commissario Sanders e...

Ottavo capitolo del "ciclo africano" di Edgar Wallace. Dopo aver lasciato i suoi compiti di commissario coloniale, Sanders è richiamato sul campo. Deve ritrovare un uomo e sua figlia sperduti in una regione...

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...