Edgar Wallace

Like most of the later ones even though this one is called ?Sanders? it very much stars Lieutenant Augustus ?Bones? Tibbetts. Employing his unique style of innocent and endearing humor, Bones has written to the newspapers The Surrey Star and The Middlesex Plain Dealer inviting the Foreign Secretary...

Like most of the later ones even though this one is called ?Sanders? it very much stars Lieutenant Augustus ?Bones? Tibbetts. Employing his unique style of innocent and endearing humor, Bones has written to the newspapers The Surrey Star and The Middlesex Plain Dealer inviting the Foreign Secretary...

This unique thriller collection contains the 24 short vintage crime stories ? a complete series featuring Police Constable Lee of the London ?D? Division, written by the great Edgar Wallace. P.-C. Lee is a typical Wallace character, full of wit and charm. A number of these were reprinted in Ideas...

This unique thriller collection contains the 24 short vintage crime stories ? a complete series featuring Police Constable Lee of the London ?D? Division, written by the great Edgar Wallace. P.-C. Lee is a typical Wallace character, full of wit and charm. A number of these were reprinted in Ideas...

Edgar Wallace enjoyed writing science fiction. ?Planetoid 127?, first published in 1929 but reprinted as late 1962, is a short story about an Earth scientist who communicates via wireless with his counterpart on a duplicate Earth orbiting unseen because it is on the opposite side of the Sun. The...

Edgar Wallace enjoyed writing science fiction. ?Planetoid 127?, first published in 1929 but reprinted as late 1962, is a short story about an Earth scientist who communicates via wireless with his counterpart on a duplicate Earth orbiting unseen because it is on the opposite side of the Sun. The...

This collection of stories from every-day life in the British military, centered around the characters of ?Smithy? and ?Nobby?. Edgar Wallace, who is also famous for his own stories of colonial life ? the Sanders stories ? was principally a writer of crime and detective fiction. He was one of the...

This collection of stories from every-day life in the British military, centered around the characters of ?Smithy? and ?Nobby?. Edgar Wallace, who is also famous for his own stories of colonial life ? the Sanders stories ? was principally a writer of crime and detective fiction. He was one of the...

This is the story of a young female criminal mastermind who leads a gang in a series of exceptionally daring and very profitable robberies but works as secretary to keep her cover story intact. When she picks up information from her boss, an aristocrat, the police soon suspect her of wrongdoing....

This is the story of a young female criminal mastermind who leads a gang in a series of exceptionally daring and very profitable robberies but works as secretary to keep her cover story intact. When she picks up information from her boss, an aristocrat, the police soon suspect her of wrongdoing....

?Mr. Justice Maxell? follows the story of two business partners, Maxell and Cartwright, one of whom becomes a judge and sentences the other to prison, the woman they both marry, and their respective cousins whom they take on as their own wards. Spanning roughly a decade, the plot hinges on multiple...

?Mr. Justice Maxell? follows the story of two business partners, Maxell and Cartwright, one of whom becomes a judge and sentences the other to prison, the woman they both marry, and their respective cousins whom they take on as their own wards. Spanning roughly a decade, the plot hinges on multiple...

Conventional ideas of beauty are typically associate it with goodness and kindness. However, appearances can be deceptive. A classic mystery crime novel involving the evil deeds of one Jean Briggerland, a woman with all the outward angelic qualities imaginable but possessing an unspeakable evil...

Conventional ideas of beauty are typically associate it with goodness and kindness. However, appearances can be deceptive. A classic mystery crime novel involving the evil deeds of one Jean Briggerland, a woman with all the outward angelic qualities imaginable but possessing an unspeakable evil...

Carfew was an erratic genius, with a horror of anything that had the appearance of discipline, order, or conventional method. So it was with some luck that there was a train disaster while he was working in the newspaper office of ?The Megaphone?. He was dispatched to the scene and came back...

Carfew was an erratic genius, with a horror of anything that had the appearance of discipline, order, or conventional method. So it was with some luck that there was a train disaster while he was working in the newspaper office of ?The Megaphone?. He was dispatched to the scene and came back...

As a prophecy of modern warfare, this book, written before the Great War, is distinctly remarkable, as well as having the genuine Edgar Wallace sense of thrilling narrative. The centre of the plot is the invasion of Britain in 1909. It could be a crime story, as it opens in the mean streets of...

As a prophecy of modern warfare, this book, written before the Great War, is distinctly remarkable, as well as having the genuine Edgar Wallace sense of thrilling narrative. The centre of the plot is the invasion of Britain in 1909. It could be a crime story, as it opens in the mean streets of...

The book consists of 10 short stories about Tam a brilliant Scottish pilot, a thriller novel fan, socialist and cigar addict. The stories of Tam the pilot are not mysteries. Tam?s dialogue is written phonetically and he is great fun and saves the rather silly pre-Biggles stories from being too...

The book consists of 10 short stories about Tam a brilliant Scottish pilot, a thriller novel fan, socialist and cigar addict. The stories of Tam the pilot are not mysteries. Tam?s dialogue is written phonetically and he is great fun and saves the rather silly pre-Biggles stories from being too...

?Killer Kay? is one of the mystery story from collection which includes the following short stories by Edgar Wallace, a famous British author of mystery genre: ?The Business-Woman?, ?Blue Suit?, ?Battle Level?, ?The Air Taxi?, ?The Convenient Sea?, ?The Vamp and the Librarian?, ?Thieves Make...

?Killer Kay? is one of the mystery story from collection which includes the following short stories by Edgar Wallace, a famous British author of mystery genre: ?The Business-Woman?, ?Blue Suit?, ?Battle Level?, ?The Air Taxi?, ?The Convenient Sea?, ?The Vamp and the Librarian?, ?Thieves Make...

?Terror Keep? is a 1927 Edgar Wallace thriller featuring perhaps the most memorable of all Wallace?s heroes, Mr. J. G. Reeder. Reeder is at pains to point out that he is not a detective, which is technically true. He is not a policeman, and has no power to arrest suspects. He works as an...

?Terror Keep? is a 1927 Edgar Wallace thriller featuring perhaps the most memorable of all Wallace?s heroes, Mr. J. G. Reeder. Reeder is at pains to point out that he is not a detective, which is technically true. He is not a policeman, and has no power to arrest suspects. He works as an...

Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (1875-1932) was a prolific British crime writer, journalist and playwright, who wrote 175 novels, 24 plays, and countless articles in newspapers and journals. Over 160 films have been made of his novels, more than any other author. In the 1920s, one of Wallace?s...

Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (1875-1932) was a prolific British crime writer, journalist and playwright, who wrote 175 novels, 24 plays, and countless articles in newspapers and journals. Over 160 films have been made of his novels, more than any other author. In the 1920s, one of Wallace?s...

?Nig Nog and Other Humorous Stories? is a collection of short humorous stories that include ?Jimmy?s Brother?, ?Sentimental Simpson?, ?Chubb of the Slipper?, and many more. There are reasons worth exploring why Edgar Wallace was so successful in his writings and amongst them were his imagination,...

?Nig Nog and Other Humorous Stories? is a collection of short humorous stories that include ?Jimmy?s Brother?, ?Sentimental Simpson?, ?Chubb of the Slipper?, and many more. There are reasons worth exploring why Edgar Wallace was so successful in his writings and amongst them were his imagination,...

?Major Haynes of the Secret Service? is a fine series of Wallace stories about wartime espionage. During the First World War Edgar Wallace wrote a number of morale-boosting tales about the skill and derring-do of the British military and intelligence services, mostly in the form of series published...

?Major Haynes of the Secret Service? is a fine series of Wallace stories about wartime espionage. During the First World War Edgar Wallace wrote a number of morale-boosting tales about the skill and derring-do of the British military and intelligence services, mostly in the form of series published...

The hapless Heine is trying very hard to be a good German spy in Great Britain during WWI but luck and circumstance are not with him. Every adventure turns out poorly for our dear spy. This collection of stories of Edgar Wallace about Heine was published during WWI and should be taken lightly by...

The hapless Heine is trying very hard to be a good German spy in Great Britain during WWI but luck and circumstance are not with him. Every adventure turns out poorly for our dear spy. This collection of stories of Edgar Wallace about Heine was published during WWI and should be taken lightly by...

Colonial adventures in a 6 volume collection set on the ?Dark Continent?. Sanders and Co. return to Africa (following the events in Bones in London) to bring the old Kings country under the Union Jack and to try and find what has happened to a missionary and his daughter. It is written in a...

Colonial adventures in a 6 volume collection set on the ?Dark Continent?. Sanders and Co. return to Africa (following the events in Bones in London) to bring the old Kings country under the Union Jack and to try and find what has happened to a missionary and his daughter. It is written in a...

Edgar Wallace was a prolific author of crime, adventure and humorous stories, whose best known creations include ?The Four Just Men?, ?Sanders of the River?, and ?J. G. Reeder?. In this work, the spies from Japan conspire to steal the Channing ?preparedness? fortune and invade the United States,...

Edgar Wallace was a prolific author of crime, adventure and humorous stories, whose best known creations include ?The Four Just Men?, ?Sanders of the River?, and ?J. G. Reeder?. In this work, the spies from Japan conspire to steal the Channing ?preparedness? fortune and invade the United States,...

Wallace was a prolific author responsible for several series of popular novels featuring bold adventurers and crime fighters. For his series set in the highly evocative world of West Africa he created two of his most beloved and enduring characters, Colonial Administrator Sanders and his eccentric...

Wallace was a prolific author responsible for several series of popular novels featuring bold adventurers and crime fighters. For his series set in the highly evocative world of West Africa he created two of his most beloved and enduring characters, Colonial Administrator Sanders and his eccentric...

An international criminal arrives in London. Basically there?s the typical foreign bad guy, Caesar Valentine, who is suspected of many shady things but Scotland Yard, or any other police department for that matter, can?t pin any crimes on him so they send in an undercover operative only known as...

An international criminal arrives in London. Basically there?s the typical foreign bad guy, Caesar Valentine, who is suspected of many shady things but Scotland Yard, or any other police department for that matter, can?t pin any crimes on him so they send in an undercover operative only known as...

Further collection of 24 war-time short stories about Smithy, the soldier and his comrades Nobby and Spud in the British army before WWI. This is the second anthology in Wallace?s ?Smithy? series in which the famous character T. B. Smith makes his appearance. Also Smithy?s pal ?Nobby? Clark has now...

Further collection of 24 war-time short stories about Smithy, the soldier and his comrades Nobby and Spud in the British army before WWI. This is the second anthology in Wallace?s ?Smithy? series in which the famous character T. B. Smith makes his appearance. Also Smithy?s pal ?Nobby? Clark has now...

One of the most prolific writers of the twentieth century, Edgar Wallace was an immensely popular author, who created exciting thrillers spiced with tales of treacherous crooks and hard-boiled detectives. Wallace?s ?Sergeant Sir Peter? is a collection of stories about an aristocratic young man who...

One of the most prolific writers of the twentieth century, Edgar Wallace was an immensely popular author, who created exciting thrillers spiced with tales of treacherous crooks and hard-boiled detectives. Wallace?s ?Sergeant Sir Peter? is a collection of stories about an aristocratic young man who...

Between 1904 and 1918 Edgar Wallace wrote a large number of mostly humorous sketches about life in the British Army relating the escapades and adventures of privates Smith (Smithy), Nobby Clark, Spud Murphy and their comrades-in-arms. Set at a later-and, when first published, contemporary time, and...

Between 1904 and 1918 Edgar Wallace wrote a large number of mostly humorous sketches about life in the British Army relating the escapades and adventures of privates Smith (Smithy), Nobby Clark, Spud Murphy and their comrades-in-arms. Set at a later-and, when first published, contemporary time, and...

A collection of 23 stories from every-day life in the British military, centered around the characters of ?Smithy? and ?Nobby?. Edgar Wallace, who is also famous for his own stories of colonial life ? the Sanders stories ? was principally a writer of crime and detective fiction. However, he was...

A collection of 23 stories from every-day life in the British military, centered around the characters of ?Smithy? and ?Nobby?. Edgar Wallace, who is also famous for his own stories of colonial life ? the Sanders stories ? was principally a writer of crime and detective fiction. However, he was...

Set in Chicago, and written in 1931 by Edgar Wallace, ?On the Spot? truly reflects the horror of gang life in Prohibition Chicago. Tony Perelli, the gang boss, recruits men for his gang and women for his bed with the same ruthlessness ? and rapidly arranges for their disposal when they become a...

Set in Chicago, and written in 1931 by Edgar Wallace, ?On the Spot? truly reflects the horror of gang life in Prohibition Chicago. Tony Perelli, the gang boss, recruits men for his gang and women for his bed with the same ruthlessness ? and rapidly arranges for their disposal when they become a...

This is one of Edgar Wallace?s best and most exciting thrillers. Jack O? Judgment is light-hearted, insouciant, masked mystery man, who sets out to expose a gang of daring crooks who are amassing millions regardless of their methods. Criminal mastermind Colonel Dan Boundary fights two enemies ?...

This is one of Edgar Wallace?s best and most exciting thrillers. Jack O? Judgment is light-hearted, insouciant, masked mystery man, who sets out to expose a gang of daring crooks who are amassing millions regardless of their methods. Criminal mastermind Colonel Dan Boundary fights two enemies ?...

?There is a man in London ? I guess he is still in London, though I have not had news of him in months ? he?ll be useful to you, Penn, if you ever need help.? And so begins this story. It is impossible not to be thrilled by Edgar Wallace. ?Penelope of the Polyantha? is a crime novel by this pioneer...

?There is a man in London ? I guess he is still in London, though I have not had news of him in months ? he?ll be useful to you, Penn, if you ever need help.? And so begins this story. It is impossible not to be thrilled by Edgar Wallace. ?Penelope of the Polyantha? is a crime novel by this pioneer...

The hero, the discharged Army Captain Reginald Hex, was the prototype for Anthony Newland, whose adventures were related several years later in The Brigand (Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1927). The first two Hex stories were revised and published as Anthony Newland stories in that collection under...

The hero, the discharged Army Captain Reginald Hex, was the prototype for Anthony Newland, whose adventures were related several years later in The Brigand (Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1927). The first two Hex stories were revised and published as Anthony Newland stories in that collection under...