Edgar Wallace - Books and biography

Recently released from prison, John Gray visits his old friend Peter Kane. Although it is the day of his daughter's wedding, Kane agrees to an audience with Emanuel Legg, the criminal and cop-killer with...

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. "Reports?" said the...

THE road from Alebi is a bush road. It is a track scarcely discernible, that winds through forest and swamp, across stretches of jungle land, over thickly vegetated hills. No tributary of the great river...

Ann Perryman hat ihren Bruder Ronnie verloren. Sie glaubt, Inspektor Bradley von den fliegenden Kolonne habe ihn umgebracht, und deswegen steigt sie jetzt beim früheren Arbeitgeber ihres Bruders, Mark...

RIGHTLY speaking, it is improper, not to say illegal, for those sadly privileged few who go in and out of Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, to have pointed out to them any particular character, however...

IT is not for you or me to judge Manfred and his works. I say 'Manfred', though I might as well have said 'Gonsalez', or for the matter of that 'Poiccart', since they are equally guilty or great according...

“THE worst of being a mug,” said Private Smith, “is that you usually look it. That ain’t my point of view, an’ it’s not original, bein’ the idea of one of the grandest lawyers that ever went into the...

SMITHY sat on the edge of his cot and sorted his belongings. The solid black trunk that a paternal Government provided for the reception of the soldiers’ worldly possessions was wide open, and the inside...

TO Isongo, which stands upon the tributary of that name, came a woman of the Isisi who had lost her husband through a providential tree falling upon him. I say "providential," for it was notorious that...

MR COMMISSIONER SANDERS had graduated to West Central Africa by such easy stages that he did not realize when his acquaintance with the back lands began. Long before he was called upon by the British...

Eine Liebesgeschichte - ein Krimi - eine Sittengeschichte? Alle drei! Mrs. Carawood kauft eine Villa in Ascot und schenkt sie Gräfin Marie Fioli, die ihr Pflegekind ist.

It is a time when the major world powers are vying for colonial honors, a time of ju-ju, witch doctors, and an uneasy peace with Bosambo, impressive chief of the Ochori. When Commissioner Sanders goes...

It is a time when the major world powers are vying for colonial honors, a time of ju-ju, witch doctors, and an uneasy peace with Bosambo, impressive chief of the Ochori. When Commissioner Sanders goes...

CIT. « Afin d’éviter toute hésitation quant à son journal, il se plaça sous un réverbère de sorte que le titre de la feuille fût en pleine lumière et son visage rejeté dans l’ombre. Il était six heures...

Edgar Wallace (1875-1932)"Le docteur Arnold Eversham, assis devant son bureau, parcourait un livre, la tête appuyée sur sa main blanche et fine.La pièce était obscure. Elle était meublée d’une petite...

La collection audio "Crème de Crime" rassemble des polars emblématiques de la littérature policière. Qui sont les 4 justiciers, ces mystérieux personnages châtiant les criminels impunis et réparant...

Edgar Wallace (1875-1932)"Il n’existait pas à Siangtan de maison identique à celle de Joe Bray. À cet égard, Joe était même unique en Chine, où tant d’originaux en dérive ont abordé depuis l’époque de...

Jack Tarling, comprend très vite que l’enquête que lui propose Lyne Thornton, un milliardaire excentrique, est de piéger Odette Rider, mais qu'à bien pu commettre cette pauvre employée pour mériter pareil...

Imaginez que vous héritiez d'un viel oncle mourant du titre de Lord  ! Que feriez-vous ? C'est ce qui arrive au Dr. Beane. Une aventure rocambolesque au cœur de l’Angleterre et de l’Europe du XXe siècle...

Une aventure savoureuse, des personnages hauts en couleur et où le commissaire Sanders se retrouve en plein cœur de l'Afrique. Pour les amateurs du genre.

Edgar Wallace (1875-1932)"Un homme venait de s’arrêter devant les hautes portes de Cainbury House, grand immeuble abritant de très nombreux bureaux. Il regarda d’un air irrésolu les plaques de cuivre...

"The Green Archer" by Edgar Wallace. Published by e-artnow. e-artnow publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or...

Edgar Wallace (1875-1932) was an English writer. As well as journalism, Wallace wrote screen plays, poetry, historical non-fiction, 18 stage plays, 957 short stories and over 170 novels, 12 in 1929 alone....

This carefully crafted ebook: "Edgar Wallace: The Science Fiction Collection (Planetoid 127 + The Green Rust + 1925 - The Story of a Fatal Peace + The Black Grippe + The Day the World Stopped)" is formatted...

This carefully crafted ebook: "Smithy and Nobby Series: 6 Book Collection with 90+ Stories in One Volume" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Edgar Wallace...

The sensational novel which launched Collins’ Detective Story Club in 1929 was by Edgar Wallace, who wrote more crime stories in the 1920s, and more films, than any other author. This new edition of The...

Edgar Wallace (1875-1932)"Dans l’après-midi du 4 mars 1913, M. Trebolino, Chef de la Sûreté de Paris, était accoudé, songeur, à la cheminée de son cabinet de travail. Il faisait encore très froid et,...

This carefully edited collection has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Mr. J. G. Reeder Series is a collection of novels and short...

Un homme est retrouvé assassiné étendu dans le ruisseau. Il faisait partie, selon Scotland Yard, d'une bande de gangsters. Ce meurtre serait-il l’œuvre d'un mystérieux justicier qui s’attaque aux truands...

Edgar Wallace (1875-1932)"Tony Perelli n’était pas « yellow » (déloyal, traître, faux frère, etc.), soit au regard de son code personnel, soit devant le jugement de personnages plus exigeants. Il est...