Edgar Wallace

Pubblicato nel 1932 col titolo originale di Angel Esquire, è stato pubblicato inizialmente col titolo di "L'oro di Satana", poi ristampato col titolo più disimpegnato di "Caccia ai milioni". Christopher Angel, detto "Angel Esquire", è un poliziotto...

A spine tingling selection of classic detective stories to entertain. Author - Edgar Wallace. Narrator - Bart Wolffe. Published Date - Thursday, 19 January 2023.

Hauptakteurin ist ein junges Mädchen mit dem "Künstlernamen" Quadrat Jane.Sie erscheint als moderner Robin Hood, bestiehlt die Reichen und verteilt es an die, die es notwendiger haben. Die Art und Weise, wie die Diebstähle geplant und durchgeführt...

Nach dem Erstlingswerk "Die Abenteuerin" schrieb Edgar Wallace noch drei weitere Kriminalromane, in denen Frauen die Hauptrolle übernehmen. Für die damalige Zeit recht selten, aber erfolgreich.Lasst euch entführen, in die Kriminalgeschichten, bei...

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...

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...

NOTA: I proventi di questo audiolibro saranno interamente destinati a opere benefiche e ad associazioni culturali o umanitarie del terzo settore.L’Autore che è semplice ideatore di storie, può facilmente impressionare il lettore con la vastità e...

Gregory « le coco » est retrouvé dans un ruisseau, assassiné. Ne faisait-il pas partie, comme Crew « l’aristo », Pinto Silva, Lollie Marsh ou Selby, de la bande du Colonel Dan Boundary ? Aurait-il trahit les « associés » de cette bande qui achète à...

Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace was born on the 1st April 1875 in Greenwich, London. Leaving school at 12 because of truancy, by the age of fifteen he had experience; selling newspapers, as a worker in a rubber factory, as a shoe shop assistant, as a...

S'il vous venait à l'esprit l'idée saugrenue de vouloir effectuer un séjour, même très bref, dans la chambre n° 13 qui tient une si grande place dans ce roman, vous auriez tout intérêt à vous hâter ! Car l'auteur mène son récit tambour battant, et...

Mais où donc a disparu Oscar Trevor? Les lettres de ce grand voyageur, expédiées des quatre coins du monde, ne parviennent plus à ses avoués. Serait-il devenu fou ? Enfin, sa nièce, Gwendda, reçoit une lettre inquiétante : derrière son contenu banal...

Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace was born on the 1st April 1875 in Greenwich, London. Leaving school at 12 because of truancy, by the age of fifteen he had experience; selling newspapers, as a worker in a rubber factory, as a shoe shop assistant, as a...

The short stories written during and about World War I are often over shadowed by the excellent verse of the War Poets.Yet the short story is perhaps their equal in other ways. Within these succinct little time capsules of words are captured ideas,...

When this was written, literary traditions still decreed beauty to be the outward sign of inner saintliness, whereas evil characters tended to be “ugly as sin.” Jean Briggerland defies these expectations by being every bit as angelically beautiful as...

Beautiful Jean Briggerland is the epitome of evilness in this twisting and turning thriller. She plots many different ways to steal her new victim's riches including lies and murder. Only Jack Glover the lawyer of Jean's most recent victim, is aware...

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...

Well-known mystery writer John Lexman is charged with murder and sent to Broadmoor Prison. His friend T.X., head of a special branch of Scotland Yard, tries to prove his innocence. (Summary by Gesine) Author - Edgar Wallace. Narrator - LibriVox...

The Four Just Men, in this second of Wallace’s ingenious series of thrillers, pit themselves against The Red Hundred, an organisation dedicated to international anarchy, led by the charismatic, mysterious and beautiful assassin, the Woman of Gratz. As...

Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (April 1, 1875–February 10, 1932) was a prolific British crime writer, journalist and playwright, who wrote 175 novels, 24 plays, and countless articles in newspapers and journals. Over 160 films have been made of his...

Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace was born on the 1st April 1875 in Greenwich, London. Leaving school at 12 because of truancy, by the age of fifteen he had experience; selling newspapers, as a worker in a rubber factory, as a shoe shop assistant, as a...

A story from The Prisoner’s Defence, a collection of First World War short stories. Women’s contribution to the war effort was constantly changing and "The Despatch-Rider" follows one young woman’s determination to contribute in a practical way....

Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace was born on the 1st April 1875 in Greenwich, London. Leaving school at 12 because of truancy, by the age of fifteen he had experience; selling newspapers, as a worker in a rubber factory, as a shoe shop assistant, as a...

The mysterious Four Just Men are wealthy Europeans who move easily in high society but, capable of convincing disguise and brilliant acting, are as likely to be found on the street corners of London as at the dinner tables of Paris and Rome. They are...

Major Milton is in the thick of defending a key line in the trenches of Flanders, playing the key role of commanding the various positions from his field telephone system. But his attention is distracted by another, greater battle which is being...