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Pubblicato nel 1922, questo “giallo” che fa parte della prolifica vena di Edgar Wallace dimostra, di fronte al lettore di oggi, tutta la sua età. Incoerenze, ingenuità, colpi di scena improbabili e sopra le righe, fino al surrealismo, che, però, fanno venire il dubbio (più che giustificato, se confrontato con le altre opere dello scrittore) che Wallace stesso abbia voluto ironizzare sullo stereotipo della donna “bellissima e spietata”. Ma soprattutto, dietro queste pagine, c’è tutta Hollywood, per cui Wallace ha scritto molte sceneggiature.

Dicen que ocasionalmente dictaba a las secretarias tres libros a la vez, pero lo interesante es que sus argumentos son convincentes y sus obras, en su mayor parte policiales, saben guardar el suspenso hasta el ultimo momento. Muestra brillante de su produccion es esta novela, que tiene uno de los finales mas inesperados e imaginables.

Mr J G Reeder, a brilliant and quietly unassuming detective, is a middle aged man whose speciality for more than twenty years has been to deal exclusively with bank robbers and forgers. "I see evil in everything," he declares, "… in dying rose bushes, in horseshoes - in poetry even. I have the mind of a criminal. It is deplorable!" In these four casefiles, The Poetical Policeman, The Treasure Hunt, The Troupe, and The Stealer of Marble, the sheer genius of Mr Reeder shines forth.

In the realm of narrative literature, the appeal of the short story is that it provides nearly immediate satisfaction. Here is a collection of wonderful classic short stories by such great authors as Saki, G.K. Chesterton, Edgar Wallace and O. Henry.

In his Four Just Men series, Edgar Wallace comes up with something different: the ‘villains’ are not necessarily bad people, and the pursuers of justice, the Four Just Men, as they call themselves, are acting outside the law. They argue that their actions are for the public good, and dispassionately eke the ultimate revenge — death — on their victims. In their turn, the Four Just Men are pursued by the police, but somehow remain our heroes.

This audiobook contains a collection of crime short stories by the greats, including Arthur Conan Doyle, G. K. Chesterton, and Edgar Wallace.

Pubblicato nel 1923 dal maestro del crimine Edgar Wallace, il thriller, ambientato in un castello inglese pieno di passaggi segreti e di nascondigli, si snoda con leggerezza e con suspense , un colpo di scena dietro l’altro, fino all’immancabile spiegazione finale dell’intreccio.

The case that ingenious detective Mr J G Reeder is working on is more than just a case. It is a suitcase. And the suitcase in question is "... a handsome article ... no maker's name was visible on the inside, or owner's initials on its glossy lid." The woman who had carried the case "... must have the strength of a navvy ..." Mr Reeder has to find out about the contents of the case and discover more about its carrier, 'Mrs Jackson'.

This collection contains the best of classic horror writing, with the atmospheric genius of Edgar Allan Poe, the invention and eeriness of Bram Stoker, and the suspense of Wilkie Collins amongst the terrifying gems. In this veritable schooling in the origins of modern-day horror and fantasy, some of the best minds in the history of English literature take on the world of vampires, werewolves, and the supernatural.

This audiobook contains four classic detective short stories, including "The Blue Cross" by G.K. Chesterton, "The Five Orange Pips" by Arthur Conan Doyle, "The Treasure Hunt" by Edgar Wallace, and "The Flying Stars" by G.K. Chesteron.

In The Just Men of Cordova, written in 1917, the Four move into the treacherous, aristocratic world of gambling, horse-racing and high finance. It seems that police services, even governments, have no power to control this world, where blackmail, poison and murder are commonplace. The Four, working outside the law, take it upon themselves to clean things up in their own way.

Police Constable Burnett was a handsome and romantic young man who had a penchant for writing love poems. But one of his poetical endeavours - and one worthy of the finest traditions of the Metropolitan Police Force - resulted in the untimely death of Mr Arthur Crater, the father of his ladyfriend. The Poetical Policeman is Casefile Number 1 which is also included in Casefile Numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4 from 'The Mind of Mr J G Reeder' by Edgar Wallace.

Mr J. G. Reeder, super-sleuth extraordinaire, is now working for the Public Prosecutor’s bureau and investigating the case of Sir James Tithermite’s wife who fell overboard from the Channel steamer crossing to Calais. There’s something very fishy about this business. Miss Margaret doesn’t like him, for she knows he’s after her money. The Treasure Hunt is Casefile Number two which is also included in Casefile Numbers one, two, and three from The Mind of Mr J G Reeder by Edgar Wallace.

Hot on the trail of a troupe of diamond and emerald embezzlers comes super sleuth Mr J. G. Reeder, Edgar Wallace's master creation of a detective who confesses to having the mind of a criminal. Reeder's techniques for solving cases are unique, most notably because he was "... a gentleman who liked to work in an office where the ticking of a clock was audible and the turning of a paper produced a gentle disturbance".

The brutal murder of a woman in a lonely beach cottage, huge footprints found nearby, a meandering tramp singing snatches of opera in the night! Superintendent Minter - "Sooper", rattles around the countryside on his noisy motorbike and tries to find a connection. Hampered by amateur detective Gordon Cardew, aided and admired by lawyer Jim Ferraby and the beautiful Elfa Leigh, Sooper finds the case further complicated by another murder.

http://www.adfreebooks.com - 1000+ audiobooks, all ad free!Dick Martin is on his last day on the job at Scotland Yard, having planned to retire early due to an inheritance windfall, when he becomes entangled in a strange and convoluted mystery involving a missing heir, a stolen library book, vivisection, a series of murders and a mysterious tomb with a complicated and unique set of locks, the keys of which have been scattered to the winds. But as the pieces start to come together, what seems at first a series of odd and random coincidences begin to add up to a sinister plot to seize a fortune!

Ein Halstuch-Mörder, der seine Opfer stets mit einem indischen Seidentuch stranguliert, treibt sein Unwesen auf dem düsteren Schloss Marks Priory. Die adelsstolze Lady Lebanon, ihr Sohn Lord Willie und ihre Angestellten, scheinen eine Menge vor Scotland Yard zu verheimlichen ... Wer von ihnen ist der unheimliche Halstuch-Mörder und wer das nächste Opfer? und: Gerade erst hat die junge Eunice Weldon ihre Stellung als Sekretärin von Jane Groat angetreten, als jemand nachts in ihr Zimmer schleicht.

Ein Halstuch-Mörder, der seine Opfer stets mit einem indischen Seidentuch stranguliert, treibt sein Unwesen auf dem düsteren Schloss Marks Priory. Die adelsstolze Lady Lebanon, ihr Sohn Lord Willie und ihre Angestellten, scheinen eine Menge vor Scotland Yard zu verheimlichen ...

https://www.solgood.org - Check out our Streaming Service for our full collection; hundreds of audiobooks, thousands of short stories, sounds for sleep/relaxation, and original podcasts - all ad-free!!t is early twentieth century England and all is not well. Innocent citizens are found murdered by an apparent snake bite accredited to a diabolical villain named Dr. Oberzohn. The infamous Dr. Oberzohn has designs on a fortune coming into the hands of a fair damsel. Hoping to come to the rescue is a team of vigilantes called the Three Just Men. What ensues is an intriguing battle between good and...

Zwei konkurrierende Gangsterbanden verschicken Erpresserbriefe an die Londoner High Society und stellen die wohlhabenden Opfer vor die Wahl, mit einem üppigen Schutzgeld oder mit ihrem Leben zu bezahlen. Scotland Yard ermittelt unter Hochdruck - vor allem als sich herausstellt, dass beide Banden offenbar eine gefährliche Allianz geschlossen haben. Bei einer Schießerei im Unterhaus wird klar, dass die Verbrecher sogar in den eigenen Reihen zu finden sind.