Edgar Wallace

Una tensa intriga a contrarreloj. El detective Arnold Long gana la apuesta de detener a un famoso falsificador llamado Shelton... Cuando va a ser ejecutado por matar a un policía durante su detención, Shelton amenaza a Long con la venganza de la Mano del Patibulo... Y las personas relacionadas con su condena empiezan a morir...

Lexman de estremeció, ocultó su cara entre las manos, y su mujer, rodeándole el hombro con un brazo protector, le murmuró algo al oído. Pronto se repuso, y continuó: - No estaba muerto del todo; le oi decir algo, pero no distingui sus palabras. Corri a la aldea, busque al agente, se lo conte todo y retiraron el cadaver. - Entre usted, agente- dijo, y cuando el hombre hizo su aparicion le hablo: - Supongo que levantaria usted el cadaver con el mayor cuidado y recogeria todo lo que hubiera en su inmediata vecindad. - Si, señor, recogi su sombrero y su baston , si es eso a lo que usted se refiere. (pag.39)

Dieser Band enthält - links englisch, rechts deutsch - drei Erzählungen von Klassikern der englischen Kiminal-Literatur: Edgar Wallace, Agatha Christie, Dorothy Sayers. Ob die Spannung durch ein einfaches Rezept oder durch ein raffiniertes Know how erzeugt wird - gleichviel: spannend sind die Geschichten!

Extra! Extra! American billionaire King Kerry is using his immense wealth to, quite literally, buy London in this gripping mystery from prolific writer and creator of King Kong, Edgar Wallace. King Kerry and his associates own a huge and growing portfolio of properties and he has come to London to expand his empire. A charming and ambitious man, he nevertheless has made a few enemies along the way including the obnoxious and dangerous Hermann Zeberlieff whose bad business decisions and gambling habit mean he would like nothing more than to get his hands on Kerry's fortune.When Elsie Marion, late for work again and in a dreadful rush, bumps into a charming grey-haired man on the tube, little does she know how much her life is about to change. For the dashing stranger has just bought Tack and Brighten, her place of employment, and is about to offer Elsie a new job she simply cannot refuse.Thus begins a whirlwind of mysterious events for Elsie, as she soon finds herself in the cut-throat world of business in a London which she never knew existed before. King Kerry's rivals will go to deadly lengths to topple his growing property empire, and when a long-buried dark romantic secret from King Kerry's past comes to light, a shock will lie in store for all.

This is the second volume in Leonaur''s collected tales about the mild mannered investigator from the Department of Public ProsecutionsMr J G Reeder. Edgar Wallace created several characters about whom he wrote a series of stories, but few have captured the public imagination more than Mr. Reeder himself.This book contains another substantial helping from Mr Reeder''s casebooks including Red Aces, Mr J. G. Reeder Returns, The Guvnor & The Man Who Passed. All the Reeder stories are gathered together in two matching Leonaur volumesavailable in softcover or hardcover with dust jacketmaking them a delight for both new enthusiasts and collectors alike.

Edgar Wallace''s famous-though inconspicuous detective.This is the first volume of the complete collected stories featuring Mr. J G Reeder of the Department of Public Prosecutions. Edgar Wallace''s sleuthwhose territory is the London of the 1920sis an unlikely figure, more bank clerk than detective in appearance, ever wearing his square topped bowler, frock coat, cravat and muffler, Mr Reeder is usually inseparable from his umbrella.With his thin mournful face many might mistake him for an undertaker, but appearances can be deceiving. It is the mind of Mr J G Reeder that his greatest asset and that which the criminal fraternity have most to fear.Althoughon occasionshe is not averse to substituting his umbrella for a long barrelled automatic pistol when the situation demands it! In this first volume you will find Room 13, The Mind of Mr J. G. Reeder and Terror Keepa veritable feast for detective fiction enthusiasts.

''How on earth did you piece together all this?'' he asked in wonder. Mr Reeder shook his head sadly. ''I have that perversion,'' he said. ''It is a terrible misfortune. I see evil in everything. I have the mind of a criminal.'' Let us introduce you to the enigmatic J. G. Reeder, a timid, gentle middle-aged man who carries a furled up umbrella and wears an old-fashioned flat-topped bowler hat. He is one of the great unsung sleuths of mystery fiction, created by the prolific Edgar Wallace, the ''King of Thrillers''.Despite his insignificant appearance, Reeder is a cold and ruthless detective who credits his success to his ''criminal mind'' which allows him to solve a series of complex and audacious crimes and outwit the most cunning of villainous masterminds.This volume is a rich feast for crime fiction fans, containing the first three volumes in the Reeder canon: two novels, Room 13 and Terror Keep; and the classic collection of short stories, The Mind of J. G. Reeder.

Edgar Wallace, el prolífico autor inglés de novela policíaca, plantea en esta novela el negativo de Los cuatro hombres justos: la organización secreta conocida como «el Círculo Carmesí» ha sido cread

A classic Wallace novel featuring sisnister criminal acts, numerous plot twists and plenty of shadowy killers and secret passageways.