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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.

Anthony Druze, Diener im Hause von Lady Raytham, wird auf einer Landstraße tot aufgefunden. Er wurde aus kurzer Entfernung erschossen...

Er fährt einen schwarzen Jaguar und hinterlässt bei seinen Mordopfern eine Jolly-Joker-Karte. Mehr ist über den Erpresser, genannt der Joker, nicht bekannt. Seine Methode ist so einfach wie skrupellos: Von jedem erfolgreichen Gangstercoup erwartet er einen Anteil. Bleibt dieser aus, bezahlt der Ganove mit dem Leben.

A spine-tingling selection of detective stories including contributions from Edgar Wallace, Conan Doyle, and G. K. Chesterton.

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.

A wonderful collection of 30 of the greatest detective and mystery stories ever written. Featuring all the great classic sleuths, including Sherlock Holmes, Father Brown, Max Carrados, Dr. Thorndyke and Madame Rosika Storey. 1. 'Who killed Charlie Winpole?' By Ernest Bramah 2. 'The Blue Cross' by G. K. Chesterton 3. 'The Problem of the Five Marks' by Melville Davisson Post 4. 'The Comedy at Fountain Cottage' by Ernest Bramah 5. 'The Mysterious Card' by Cleveland Moffett 6. 'The Card Unveiled' by Cleveland Moffett

In The Melody of Death, Edgar Wallace weaves a gripping tale of mystery, romance, and deception beneath the gaslit skies of Edwardian London. When a daring jewel heist disrupts the city's elite, a mysterious masked figure intervenes, leaving behind more questions than answers. Gilbert Standerton, a young man tormented by financial anxiety and a cold engagement to the ambitious Edith Cathcart, finds his life entangled with a band of jewel thieves, a haunting street melody, and a string of crimes that unravel the very fabric of high society.

Der skrupellose Arzt Dr. Joshua Laffin wittert die Gelegenheit, aus dem Geheimbund "Die stolzen Söhne von Ragusa" unermesslich viel Kapital zu schlagen. Dafür scheint ihm jedes Mittel recht. Aber warum zwingt er seine Ziehtochter Betty, sich in einem Schaufenster begaffen zu lassen? Was hat es mit den Prioren des Bundes auf sich? Und worum geht es wirklich? Reporter Bill Holbrook und Inspector Bullott versuchen, Licht ins Dunkel zu bringen - mit Hilfe aus zwielichtigen Kreisen.

The Green Mamba is a story in which Wallace's famous detective, Mr. J. G. Reeder, outsmarts one of the leading master criminals in London at the very moment when he is on the verge of his greatest criminal coup.

In the story The Treasure Hunt you can meet Mr.Reeder again and admire his brilliant criminal mind. The story has been shortened and simplified for intermediate and upper-intermediate learners of English.

Der berüchtigte Einbrecher "Mr. Löwenzahn" hält Londons Oberschicht in Atem. Geschickt nutzt er die Eitelkeit der Reichen, um gezielt die Juwelen und Schätze an sich zu reißen, die sie in Zeitungsannoncen anpreisen. Doch diesmal hat Anthony, der "Preller", einen cleveren Plan: Als wohlhabender Sammler "Mr. Machilatos" setzt er mit einer fingierten Verlustanzeige einen verlockenden Köder. Mr.

Edgar Wallace was a bestselling author, journalist, playwright and film director, and the creator of King Kong. A prolific writer and celebrity superstar, he was thought to be responsible for a quarter of all new books read in Britain by the late 1920s. Presented here are full-cast adaptations of four of his classic crime novels, readings of four short detective stories, and vintage recording of Wallace reading one of his own stories. Tying them all together is linking commentary from Edgar Wallace: The Man Who Wrote Too Much?, a documentary celebration of his life.

Stephen Narth steht das Wasser bis zum Hals. Wenn er nicht in kürzester Zeit 50.000 Pfund auftreibt, ist seine Firma am Ende. Hoffnung keimt auf, als ein Testament ihm Reichtum verspricht, wenn er eine nahe Verwandte zur Ehe mit einem Unbekannten zwingt.

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 milk delivery boy and as a ship’s cook. In Cape Town in 1898 he met Rudyard Kipling and was inspired to begin writing. His first collection of ballads, The Mission that Failed! was enough of a success that in 1899 he paid his way out of the armed forces in order to turn to writing full time.

Die berüchtigte Gaunerin Mrs. Millicent K. Yonker, bekannt als "Milwaukee Meg", erpresst einen ehemaligen Sträfling um 25.000 Pfund. Doch bevor er die Summe zahlen kann, nimmt er sich das Leben. Der Preller erfährt von dem Erpressungsversuch und wittert seine Chance: Er konfrontiert die skrupellose Erpresserin mit ihren Machenschaften und verlangt selbst ein stattliches Schweigegeld. Doch Milwaukee Meg hat bereits eine Falle vorbereitet. Als der Preller die Banknoten entgegennimmt, merkt er, dass etwas nicht stimmt.

Michael Limmerburg, Besitzer der größten Buchmacherfirma Englands, hat sich durch betrügerische Machenschaften ein Vermögen aufgebaut. Doch als er wegen unsauberer Manipulationen vor den Jockeyklub-Ausschuss geladen wird, wittert Anthony, bekannt als "der Preller", seine Chance. Mit einem raffinierten Plan will er Limmerburgs unrechtmäßig erworbenes Geld abschöpfen und ihm eine Lektion erteilen. Der Buchmacher glaubt, den Ausgang des Rennens kontrollieren zu können – dabei ahnt er nicht, dass er selbst das Ziel eines raffinierten Betrugs ist.

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 milk delivery boy and as a ship’s cook. Wallace now began to take his career as a fiction writer more seriously, signing with Hodder and Stoughton in 1921. He was marketed as the ‘King of Thrillers’ and they gave him the trademark image of a trilby, a cigarette holder and a yellow Rolls Royce.

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 milk delivery boy and as a ship’s cook. By 1904 he had completed his first thriller, The Four Just Men. Since nobody would publish it he resorted to setting up his own publishing company which he called Tallis Press.

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 milk delivery boy and as a ship’s cook. By 1904 he had completed his first thriller, The Four Just Men. Since nobody would publish it he resorted to setting up his own publishing company which he called Tallis Press.