The Man Who Bought London

The Man Who Bought London
Author: Edgar Wallace
Publisher: Hesperus Press
Total Pages: 185
Release: 2015-03-27
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1780944616

Extra! Extra! American billionaire King Kerry is using his immense wealth to quite literally buy London, in this gripping mystery from prolific writer and creator of King Kong, Edgar Wallace.King Kerry and his associates own a huge and growing portfolio of properties, and he has come to London to expand his empire. A charming and ambitious man, he nevertheless has made a few enemies along the way— including the obnoxious and dangerous Hermann Zeberlieff, whose bad business decisions and gambling habit mean he would like nothing more than to get his hands on Kerry's fortune. When Elsie Marion, late for work again and in a dreadful rush, bumps into a charming grey-haired man on the tube, little does she know how much her life is about to change. For the dashing stranger has just bought Tack and Brighten, her place of employment, and is about to offer Elsie a new job she simply cannot refuse. Thus begins a whirlwind of mysterious events for Elsie, as she soon finds herself in the cut-throat world of business in a London which she never knew existed before. King Kerry's rivals will go to deadly lengths to topple his growing property empire, and when a long-buried dark romantic secret from King Kerry's past comes to light, a shock will lie in store for all.

The Four Just Men

The Four Just Men
Author: Edgar Wallace
Publisher: House of Stratus
Total Pages: 115
Release: 2010-03-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 075512247X

A device in Parliament's members' smokeroom and a sudden magnesium flash leaves Scotland Yard baffled. Even Fleet Street cannot identify the illusive Manfred, Gonsalez, Pioccart and Thery - FOUR JUST MEN dedicated to punishing by death those whom conventional justice cannot touch.

The Three Just Men

The Three Just Men
Author: Edgar Wallace
Publisher: House of Stratus
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2010-03-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0755122720

There are crimes for which no punishment is adequate, offences that the written law cannot efface. When conventional justice fails The Three Just Men employ their great intellect and cunning. They use their own methods, carry out their own verdicts. There can be no compromise.

The Just Men Of Cordova

The Just Men Of Cordova
Author: Edgar Wallace
Publisher: House of Stratus
Total Pages: 149
Release: 2010-03-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0755122550

There are crimes for which no punishment is adequate. The three friends, Pioccart, Manfred and Gonsalez, enjoy the exotic Spanish city of Cordova, but they are still committed to employing their intellect and cunning to dispense justice. They use their own methods. They are ruthless and they deal in death.

The Law Of The Four Just Men

The Law Of The Four Just Men
Author: Edgar Wallace
Publisher: House of Stratus
Total Pages: 149
Release: 2010-03-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0755122577

The judge finds Jeffrey Storr guilty, not Stedland. As Storr's wife Grace leaves the court a foreign-looking gentleman introduces himself. Justice has failed and THE FOUR JUST MEN have stepped in. They will use their own laws to protect the innocent and will impose their own verdicts. There can be no appeal.

The Admirable Carfew

The Admirable Carfew
Author: Edgar Wallace
Publisher: House of Stratus
Total Pages: 165
Release: 2010-03-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0755122216

Felix Carfew finds himself on Ambassador Greishen's special train, then on a steamer to Ostend. At 3.00 a.m. Gregory Carfew gets an urgent telegram. On the quay at Ostend Felix flees and Gregory steps forward to introduce himself...

Good Evans

Good Evans
Author: Edgar Wallace
Publisher: House of Stratus
Total Pages: 145
Release: 2012-09-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0755122518

This continues the life of Evans, Edgar Wallace's Cockney tipster and 'the wizard of Camden Town'. Follow the loves, predictions and calamities of this likeable hero of the Turf in the seventeen tales of this book. It is not only race-lovers who will love Evans, but lovers of life itself.

Sanders Of The River

Sanders Of The River
Author: Edgar Wallace
Publisher: House of Stratus
Total Pages: 157
Release: 2010-03-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0755122690

Commissioner Sanders is called upon by the British Government 'to keep a watchful eye upon some quarter of a million cannibal folk, who ten years before had regarded white men as we regard the unicorn.' There is religious-palava, raiding-palava, and all the while, Bosambo, magnificent chief of the Ochori watches on.

Mr Justice Maxell

Mr Justice Maxell
Author: Edgar Wallace
Publisher: House of Stratus
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2010-03-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0755122658

Cartwright and Maxell visit Tangiers, and Cartwright liberates the Irish singer Miss O'Grady from infamous surroundings. Then Cartwright leaves to arrange finance. In the Crown room of the Law Courts, Mr Justice Maxell is asked by the Attorney General if he is doing business with Cartwright. 'No,' he lies.