Crime Stories

Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (1 April 1875 - 10 February 1932) was a British writer of sensational detective, gangster, adventure, and sci-fi novels, plays and stories. He was the founder of the thriller genre.

Edgar Wallace

The Daffodil Mystery

The novel is set in England at the turn of the 20th century. Thornton Lyne, a wealthy shopkeeper ...

Edgar Wallace

The Clue of the New Pin

Jesse Trasmere is a miser with a deep distrust of the bank. He has made a fortune in China, but ...

Edgar Wallace

The Green Rust

The story begins with a dying millionaire, John Millinborn, revealing a dark secret involving his ...

Edgar Wallace

The Secret House

When the murders of two foreigners suggest a link to the notorious blackmailer Montague Fallock ...

Edgar Wallace

The Face in the Night

Set on the dark streets of London, private detective Malcolm Hay investigates a series of baffling ...

Edgar Wallace

The Man Who Bought London

King Kerry is planning to buy London. One morning, he is about to go shopping on Oxford Street. As ...

Edgar Wallace

The Melody of Death

This crime novel about a newly-married man who believes he is terminally ill and begins committing ...