Edgar Wallace

About The Author British author Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (1875-1932) was reportedly the second biggest seller after the Bible in his heyday. He was a Reuters correspondent during the Second Boer War and wrote thrillers to earn money. He later moved to Hollywood as a script writer and died while drafting King Kong. His crime novels include: 1. Angel Esquire (1908) 2. The Fourth Plague or Red Hand (1913) 3. Grey Timothy or Pallard the Punter (1913) 4. The Man Who Bought London (1915) 5. The...See more

About The Author British author Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (1875-1932) was reportedly the second biggest seller after the Bible in his heyday. He was a Reuters correspondent during the Second Boer War and wrote thrillers to earn money. He later moved to Hollywood as a script writer and died while drafting King Kong. His crime novels include: 1. Angel Esquire (1908) 2. The Fourth Plague or Red Hand (1913) 3. Grey Timothy or Pallard the Punter (1913) 4. The Man Who Bought London (1915) 5. The Melody of Death (1915) 6. A Debt Discharged (1916) 7. The Tomb of T'Sin (1916) 8. The Clue of the Twisted Candle (1916) 9. The Secret House (1917) 10. Down under Donovan (1918) 11. The Man Who Knew (1918) 12. The Strange Lapses of Larry Loman (1918) 13. The Green Rust (1919) 14. Kate Plus Ten (1919) 15. The Daffodil Mystery or The Daffodil Murder (1920) 16. Jack O'Judgment (1920) 17. The Angel of Terror or The Destroying Angel (1922) 18. The Crimson Circle (1922) 19. Mr. Justice Maxwell or Take-A-Chance Anderson( 1922) 20. The Valley of Ghosts (1922) See less