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Edgar Wallace

BonesEdgar Wallace Bones / Being Further Adventures in Mr. Commissioner Sanders' Country PROLOGUE SANDERS—C.M.G I You will never know from the perusal of the Blue Book the true inwardness of the happenings in the Ochori country in the spring of the year of Wish. Nor all the facts associated with ...

Writ in BarracksEdgar Wallace Writ in Barracks WAR I A tent that is pitched at the base:A wagon that comes from the night:A stretcher – and on it a Case:A surgeon, who's holding a light.The Infantry's bearing the brunt —O hark to the wind-carried cheer!A mutter of guns at the front:A whimper of s...

The Daffodil MysteryEdgar Wallace The Daffodil Mystery CHAPTER I AN OFFER REJECTED "I am afraid I don't understand you, Mr. Lyne."Odette Rider looked gravely at the young man who lolled against his open desk. Her clear skin was tinted with the faintest pink, and there was in the sober depths of t...

The Angel of TerrorEdgar Wallace The Angel of Terror Chapter I The hush of the court, which had been broken when the foreman of the jury returned their verdict, was intensified as the Judge, with a quick glance over his pince-nez at the tall prisoner, marshalled his papers with the precision and ...

The Green RustEdgar Wallace The Green Rust CHAPTER I THE PASSING OF JOHN MILLINBORN "I don't know whether there's a law that stops my doing this, Jim; but if there is, you've got to get round it. You're a lawyer and you know the game. You're my pal and the best pal I've had, Jim, and you'll do it...

The Secret HouseEdgar Wallace The Secret House CHAPTER I A man stood irresolutely before the imposing portals of Cainbury House, a large office building let out to numerous small tenants, and harbouring, as the indicator on the tiled wall of the vestibule testified, some thirty different professi...

Bones in LondonWallace Edgar Bones in London CHAPTER I BONES AND BIG BUSINESS There was a slump in the shipping market, and men who were otherwise decent citizens wailed for one hour of glorious war, when Kenyon Line Deferred had stood at 88 1/2, and even so poor an organization as Siddons Steam ...

The Man Who KnewEdgar Wallace The Man Who Knew CHAPTER I THE MAN IN THE LABORATORY The room was a small one, and had been chosen for its remoteness from the dwelling rooms. It had formed the billiard room, which the former owner of Weald Lodge had added to his premises, and John Minute, who had n...

The Book of All-PowerEdgar Wallace The Book of All-Power CHAPTER I INTRODUCING MALCOLM HAY If a man is not eager for adventure at the age of twenty-two, the enticement of romantic possibilities will never come to him.The chairman of the Ukraine Oil Company looked with a little amusement at the yo...

The Clue of the Twisted CandleEdgar Wallace The Clue of the Twisted Candle CHAPTER I The 4.15 from Victoria to Lewes had been held up at Three Bridges in consequence of a derailment and, though John Lexman was fortunate enough to catch a belated connection to Beston Tracey, the wagonette which wa...