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Edgar Wallace is continuing to introduce readers to Mr. J. G. Reeder, one of the least glamorous of all fictional detectives. Mr. J. G. Reeder is neither a police detective nor an amateur crime-fighter, nor is he a private detective. In fact he is employed by the Bank of England, and acts as a kind of consultant to Scotland Yard. This is vintage Wallace, with no great depths but a good deal of humor...

This unique thriller collection contains the 24 short vintage crime stories – a complete series featuring Police Constable Lee of the London „D” Division, written by the great Edgar Wallace. P.-C. Lee is a typical Wallace character, full of wit and charm. A number of these were reprinted in Ideas in 1928-1929 and in other magazines. Nine of the P.-C. Lee stories were later included in the 1961 collection...

J. G. Reeder is a shabby little man with red hair and weak eyes. However, his extraordinary mind is rapier sharp. „Red Aces” is the fourth and last of Edgar Wallace’s JG Reeder books, featuring the diffident sleuth with the furled umbrella in three novelette-length adventures. Here are three thrilling episodes torn from his casebook: „Red Aces” about a man who gambles high and lives in fear; „Kennedy...

Stare grzechy mają długie cienie. Chociaż od ukończenia studiów minęło już sporo czasu, Ambrosia Wellington nie może zapomnieć o tamtym wieczorze. Kiedy więc wraz z zaproszeniem na zjazd absolwentów uczelni otrzymuje anonim o treści "Musimy porozmawiać o tym, co naprawdę się wtedy stało", zdaje sobie sprawę, że przeszłość nadal depcze jej po piętach. Gdy wraz z nieobliczalną Sloane "Sully" Sullivan,...