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Ein harmloser Whiskeyschmuggler wird tot auf seinem Boot aufgefunden, ermordet mit einer Harpune - dem Markenzeichen eines mörderischen Diebes. Scotland Yard steht vor einem Rätsel. Die Nachforschungen führen zu einer zwielichtigen Spelunke: dem Gasthaus an der Themse.

Der reiche John Mandle ist an den Rollstuhl gefesselt. Als ihn nach Jahren sein alter Freund Socrates Smith besucht, entdeckt dieser beunruhigt Alarmanlagen auf dem Landsitz. Am nächsten Morgen findet Smith den Hausherrn ermordet: Mandle wurde erschossen... bei den drei Eichen - weit entfernt von seinem Haus. Ein Wettlauf mit der Zeit beginnt.

Dichter Nebel liegt über London. Plötzlich unterbricht ein Schrei die unheimliche Stille. Scotland Yard mag nicht mehr an einen Unfall glauben, als die Polizei nach einer Nebelnacht wieder einmal einen Toten aus der Themse fischt. Bei den Opfern der Mordserie handelt es sich ausschließlich um wohlhabende, alleinstehende Herren aus Übersee. Winzige Zettel in Blindenschrift führen auf eine erste Spur.

Elsa Marlowe arbeitet gern bei "Amery & Amery". Aber plötzlich ist alles anders: Major Amery kehrt aus Indien zurück. Gehört der "Unheimliche" zu Soyokas Leuten? Und welche Rolle spielt ihr Vormund im Krieg der Rauschgiftbanden?

Das Halsband der Königin von Schweden wird gestohlen und die junge Audrey Bedford verhaftet. Inspektor Shannon ist von ihrer Unschuld überzeugt und kommt einer riesigen Gaunerei auf die Spur. Welches Geheimnis birgt das mysteriöse Haus in der Curzon Street? Welche Rolle spielt ein ehemaliger afrikanischer Strafgefangener? Und was hat ein kleiner Privatdetektiv damit zu tun?

Die Erben eines großen Vermögens werden nacheinander ermordet. Da am Tatort stets die Visitenkarte des Hexers hinterlassen wird, greift dieser persönlich ein, um seine Unschuld zu beweisen. Scotland Yard muss wohl oder übel mit dem ehemaligen Schwerverbrecher zusammenarbeiten.

Seven famous and sensational true crime stories retold by classic crime writers.

Herbert Armstrong was a Welsh solicitor who murdered his wife by administering arsenic. His life was marked by love affairs and dubious business dealings. It is also probable that his hatred of his dull, respectable existence in a tiny rural village was one of the motives for his terrible crime. This story of the crime and trial of Armstrong is told by Edgar Wallace, who reported from the courtroom. On behalf of a newspaper syndicate, Wallace offered the convicted man £5,000 for his confession. The offer was refused.

A wonderful collection of 50 phenomenal stories by the world’s great short story writers.

Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (1875-1932) was an English writer of 957 short stories and over 170 novels. He is widely recognized as one of the most prolific writers of his age. 'The Green Mamba' is a story in which Wallace's famous detective, Mr. J. G. Reeder, outsmarts one of the leading master criminals in London at the very moment when he is on the verge of his greatest criminal coup.

A superb collection of captivating short stories by leading classic writers, including 'The Cone' by H. G. Wells, 'The Dream Woman' by Wilkie Collins, 'Fortunes Adrift' by Charles John Cutcliffe Hyne, 'The Kidnapping of Phil Altamore' by Ella Hepworth Dixon, 'The Table Under the Tree' by E. Phillips Oppenheim, 'In Yeddo Bay' by Jack London and many more gripping short stories by famous writers.

Ein Mann bricht unter mysteriösen Umständen im Waterloo-Bahnhof tot zusammen. Dem Toten wurde eine Halskette samt Schlüssel entwendet. Eine erste Spur führt Inspektor Martin von Scotland Yard zum Schloss des verstorbenen Lord Selford, der kurz vor seinem Tod sieben Freunden je einen Schlüssel geschenkt hatte. Am Tage der Volljährigkeit seines Sohnes sollen die Schlüsselinhaber gemeinsam die geheimnisvolle Tür öffnen, hinter der ein wertvolles Erbe ruht.

Seit Jahren treibt der sagenumwobene "Zinker" in der Londoner Unterwelt sein Unwesen und meldet sich, wenn dort gestohlene Ware verhökert werden soll, um diese zu Tiefstpreisen an sich zu reißen. Falls die Diebe auf sein Angebot nicht eingehen, "verzinkt" er diese bei Scotland Yard. Larry Greame jedoch hat dem großen Unbekannten eine Falle gestellt und kennt seine Identität. Aber kurz bevor er den "Zinker" verraten kann, wird er eiskalt mit dem Gift einer schwarzen Mamba ermordet.

Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (1875-1932) was an English writer of 957 short stories and over 170 novels. He is widely recognised as one of the most prolific writers of his age. 'The Man with the Canine Teeth' is a classic murder mystery. A mild-mannered scientist has been found, apparently strangled to death in his laboratory overnight. But there are some strange circumstances. Where are the old man's spectacles? And why is he wearing thick gloves?

Lawyers who write books are not, as a rule, popular with their confrères, but Archibald Lenton, the most brilliant of prosecuting attorneys, was an exception. Alphonse Riebiera was a man who had a way with women, women who would fall under his spell and then regret it. But this time it seems he may have picked the wrong woman.

Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (1875-1932) was an English writer of 957 short stories and over 170 novels. He is widely recognized as one of the most prolific writers of his age. 'White Stockings' is a compelling and cleverly constructed story about a vengeful jilted lover with a gambling addiction, a racing tout, a gullible lover, a hairdresser and a wily old racehorse owner...most of whom are hell-bent on double-crossing each other.

Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (1875-1932) was an English writer of 957 short stories and over 170 novels. He is widely recognized as one of the most prolific writers of his age.

'The Murder on Yarmouth Sands' is a true crime story. Towards the end of the Boer War, the body of a woman was discovered on Yarmouth Sands. She had been strangled by a mohair bootlace. There are only two clues to the crime...and the police set out to follow them up....

The Secret of the Moat Farm is Wallace's account of a real-life murder mystery which he had covered as a young journalist. Camille Holland, a spinster of 56, became enamoured of an attractive scoundrel named Dougal. When the two moved into the remote Moat Farm, it was not long before Miss Holland disappeared. Dougal remained at the farm, spending Miss Holland's money and entertaining a series of mistresses...until finally suspicions were aroused.

A stranger and foreigner arrives at the offices of a small publication in London only to be faced by the "editor" whose face is completely swathed in a veil. Nothing is as it seems, and it quickly becomes evident that both are bent on more than lively gossip about the elite. Blackmail and opportunism is the order of the day. When two men are found shot to death outside the door of Mr. Farrington the millionaire who just happens to live a few doors from T. B. Smith, the head of the secret police.

A millionaire is taken suddenly ill, and sensing his mortality, he asks his attorney to do him one last favor - to find and secretly watch over his missing niece, the daughter of his profligate deceased sister. This niece at the appropriate time would become heir to his millions. However, the millionaire is mysteriously murdered, stabbed to death in his sick bed.