Edgar Wallace
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En el marco de Londres a principios del siglo XX, John Lexman –escritor de novelas de misterio- , casado con la joven e inteligente Mary, se ve involucrado en la muerte por asesinato de un prestamista. Con todas las circunstancias en su contra y las situaciones más adversas, Lexman contacta con el joven investigador de Scotland Yard T.X. Meredith, quien sigue los pasos de un apuesto multimillonario griego, antiguo conocido de la Señora Lexman....
2) The Double
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A London police detective stumbles upon a bizarre burglary during a storm in a thriller by "one of the most popular writers of the early twentieth century" (Mystery Scene).
Cambridge-educated Richard Staines, newly promoted to DI by Scotland Yard, has enjoyed a meteoric rise in his career, but he is about to face his most profoundly puzzling case yet. As a policeman, he wouldn't typically break into a house-but when he finds himself trapped...
3) The Gunner
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Reputations can be deceiving in this classic crime thriller featuring a jewel thief, a prominent London banker, and a determined detective . . .
The man known as "Gunner" Haynes is a highly skilled jewel thief with a tough core and a gentlemanly veneer that have earned him some admirers. The respectable, well-connected London banker Luke Maddison runs in an entirely different circle, but still crosses paths with the criminal one winter night...
4) The Twister
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A murder mystery full of high finance and lowdown characters from"one of the most popular writers of the early twentieth century"(Mystery Scene).
Lord Frensham is being swindled in the stock market, and his number-one suspect is Anthony Braid. But Braid has the nerve to suggest that it's actually Frensham's own nephew who's stealing from him. The truth behind the embezzlement will have to be untangled by Scotland Yard's Inspector Elk after...
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Harry Stone, también conocido como Harry el Valet, era detective. Solía cambiar de nombre al registrarse en los hoteles, hasta que la policía de Rodhesia lo relacionó con el robo al Banco Nacional de Johanesburgo. Eran otros tiempos, y las autoridades coloniales hacían la vista gorda con los defectos de sus funcionarios. Harry no tuvo dificultad en escapar en el tren nocturno con destino a Ciudad del Cabo. Su objetivo era visitar a otro personaje...
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Excerpt: "Angel Esquire, of Scotland Yard, has his hands full in helping Jimmy Stannard, as he is known to the criminal element of London, solve the puzzle of the great safe which held the fortune of Old Reale who had placed it there, and who had taken the precaution to hide the combination in a bit of doggerel verse that served as a cryptogram. When Old Reale's Will was read it was found that four people might benefit by it. Two of them, known as...
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Fast-paced tales of crime and coppers from "one of the most popular writers of the early twentieth century"(Mystery Scene).
This collection presents a dozen classic detective stories that include "The Mind-Readers," "The Sirius Man," "The Couper Buckle," "The Guy from Memphis," and more featuring Chief Insp. Oliver Rater, a man of few words ironically nicknamed the Orator by his colleagues. But silent as he may be, there is much going on under...
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Thriller de intriga. Narra el hallazgo en la estación londinense de Waterloo de un hombre muerto sin causa aparente, y un desconocido intenta sin éxito apoderarse de la llave que el fallecido lleva en el cuello. Con él son ya dos los cadáveres en los que se ha encontrado una llave similar, lo que lleva al inspector Dick Martin a sospechar de un nexo común. Sus investigaciones le llevan al despacho del abogado Haveloc, administrador de la familia...
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A conspiracy of smugglers try to frame a London police detective for murder in this classic mystery thriller.
Although his neighbors suspect he is quite rich, Li Yoseph lives in a sagging, squalid wooden house overhanging a creek, and has a habit of holding lengthy, animated conversations with invisible friends, usually in a foreign tongue. The police are certain he's involved in smuggling, but they've never been quite able to prove it. Now...
10) Hands up!
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Excerpt: "Als Margaret Maddison beim Frühstück die Morgenzeitung liest, fällt ihr Blick auf das Foto eines hageren Mannes."Kennen sie diesen Mann?" steht drunter. Er war an einem Mord beteiligt."