Wallace - Libros y biografía

This collection of episodes in the Commissioner Sanders series continues Wallace’s subtly humorous look at colonial Africa. In „Bones”, Wallace spins an engaging yarn about the adventures of an intrepid...

Diese Geschichte von den erstaunlichen Abenteuern, die in das Leben eines pensionierten Diamantenhändler kommen, der aus den Minen von Südafrika nach London kommt, ist clever in Handlung und effektiv...

A reformed thief, a magical viscount,And one good deed that will change a life forever. In the underbelly of London, Nell Birks longs to escape the world of poverty and crime. When she rescues a wealthy...

You can't orchestrate true love…can you? Spellmaster Geraldine Hartford has everything she could want — a successful spell shop and close friends and family — but she's still waiting on her own swoon-worthy...

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...

From the bestselling author of Eighteen Acres comes a novel that reveals the intrigue and drama that go on behind the closed doors of the White House and opens up a world few have access to, the world...

When a man ignores his last warning to pay pound100,000, it is his son who finds him dead on the next morning. Revolving around a mysterious circle, specializing in blackmail, called The Crimson Circle,...

'Room 13' is the first crime novel in the J. G. Reeder series, featuring a sympathetic and astute civil servant, who is simultaneously a gifted detective. This fast-paced, mystery-ridden and thoroughly...

A psychological thriller, woven with fantastic characters and delicious plot twists that will leave you spinning. 'The Strange Lapses of Larry Loman' tells the story of Scotland Yard detective Larry Loman...

'The Valley of Ghosts' squarely plants you smack-bang in the middle of a tiny close-knit aristocratic English town that is beset by more than just ghosts alone, as he is all too quick to discover. The...

To the world Maurice Tarn is merely the magnate behind a successful shipping company, little does anyone know that all the real money is made off the books in shady backroom deals. In a drunken stupor...

"The Four Just Men" is one of the best known detective thrillers of Edgar Wallace, following the vigilante missions of four men, sworn to punish those who escape justice. An excellent cat-and-mouse novel,...

A classic whodunit crime story, "The Man Who Knew" is about the death of a rich South Africa magnate, dealing with diamonds. The actual man who knows so much is Saul Arthur Mann, a walking encyclopedia...

Prophetic and chilling at once, Edgar Wallace's alternate history crime novel "Private Selby" deals with the author's fear of a potential German invasion of Britain shortly before the outbreak of the...

Stella Barrington a wealthy trainer and stable owner comes across a mysterious tramp one day at the stables after he has fended off an attack from some fellow tramps. Impressed by his demeanour and stature...

"Captains of Souls" is an atypical piece of detective crime fiction work from Edgar Wallace, one of the most prolific British writers of the 20th century. Centring around Ambrose Sault, who has managed...

'Tam o' the Scoots' is a book that cannot help but stand out from the rest of Wallace's fiction. In a good way, at that. It is a collection of ten short stories chronicling - in striking detail - the...

'The Council of Justice' is the second book in the 'Four Just Men' universe, which follows a group of wealthy vigilantes doling out justice. In this entry the vigilante group must face down the Red Hundred,...

This police thriller opens with Scotland Yard Detective Surefoot Smith as he is called to a strange murder scene. Tom Tickler, a well-known petty thief has been brutally murdered, his corpse left in an...

The Red Hand is a secret organization that specializes in blackmail and countless other subversive practices. In this novel, Wallace creates a reality in which all levels of society are intermingled into...

In the ancient Garre Castle, the dead walk again, the Green Archer hung in 1487 has returned...and he has killed again. The castle's reclusive owner refuses to allow anyone to investigate however, he...

With tramps, gangsters and English nobility, 'The Northing Tramp' is step away from Edgar's usual setting. This crime classic jumps right into it with a tramp making a run for the Canadian border after...

The old-fashioned Maber and Maber department store is struggling for business. It's not a patch on the modern Atterman's store down the street. When Barbara, the goddaughter and secretary to Mr Maber,...

All that Jim Steele remembers of the disappearance of Lady Mary Danton and her young daughter was the commotion surrounding their large fortune. Vanished without a trace, the two were never found and...

America, Australia, and London all feature in this globetrotting tale of love, deception, and psychic abilities. Diana Ford is as headstrong as they come and knows how to shoot a gun. Her cousin, Gordon,...

'Vanity takes no more obnoxious form than the everlasting desire for approval.'This collection of 12 short mystery stories includes titles such as 'Chick', 'For One Night Only', 'A Writ of Summons', 'Spotting...

What seems at first sight to be just another murder mystery is quickly revealed to be of international importance. Bio-terrorists threaten the release of an agent that will destroy the world's corn crops,...

Everybody is running from The Terror. But when nobody knows what it is, suspicion grows. Especially in the darkest corners of the world. And when governments enter a false show of care and love after...

A crooked merchant banker. The tantalising wealth of a distant relative. A bribe promising to wipe the slate clean. Stephen Narth needs pound50,000 to keep out of prison. When his uncle unexpectedly...

Someone is losing money. Fast. And when forged notes start to appear, Peter Clifton's hefty riches are called into question. Even his new wife, Jane Leith, can't help but doubt the man's bottomless wealth....