Wallace Edgar: 852 books

If a man is not eager for adventure at the age of twenty-two, the enticement of romantic possibilities will never come to him.

Many years ago the Monrovian Government sent one Bosambo, a native of the Kroo coast and consequently a thief, to penal servitude for the term of his natural life. Bosambo, who had other views on the matter, was given an axe and a saw in the penal settlement - which was a patch of wild forest in the...

Frank Sutton, propriétaire d'une très grosse société d'import-export, a embauché le capitaine John Leslie, repris de justice, comme directeur commercial, et Tillman, autre gibier de potence, comme garçon de bureau. Il est fiancé à la belle Beryl Stedman, élevée par son oncle.Lew Friedman,...

Stella Barrington a hérité des écuries de courses de son père dont les succès font des jaloux parmi d’autres propriétaires de chevaux. Un jour, elle recueille un chemineau mal en point sur le bord de la route et lui offre le logis. Or ce vagabond s’y connaît fort bien en chevaux… Qui...

The entertaining World War I exploits of a cockney aviator -- supposedly Charles Lindbergh's childhood inspiration to fly.

She sat up in bed and a cold shiver ran down her spine. Somebody was in the room! She reached out to turn on the light and could have shrieked, for she touched a hand, a cold, small hand that was resting on the bedside table. For a second she was paralysed and then the hand was suddenly withdrawn....

He is somewhat over fifty, a long-faced gentleman with sandy-grey hair and a slither of side whiskers that mercifully distract attention from his large outstanding ears. A high and flat-crowned bowler hat matches and yet does not match a frockcoat tightly buttoned across his sparse chest. His boots...

A vivid detective story. The scene is laid mainly in London but the motive power comes from Albania in the person of a young Greek, Remington Kara, who with his wealth, culture, and cruelty dominates the tale. He hates John Lexman, the novelist, because Lexman has married the woman he desired. By...

After a tour of duty overseas, the eccentric character Augustus Tibbetts (known as "Bones" to his associates) returns to London to embark on civilian life. In a series of loosely connected but consistently hilarious tales and vignettes, Bones inadvertently stumbles into a series of improbable but exciting adventures and too-good-to-be-true business ventures. (Google Books)

A youth is lying dead in Gray Square, Bloomsbury. Constable Wiseman is at the scene, as is the handsome Frank Merril, nephew of rich John Martin. Also there is May Nuttall, whose father was the best friend Martin ever had. A small, shabby man in an ill-fitting frock coat and large gold rimmed spectacles...

Another exciting title in the Sanders of the River adventure series, featuring Commissioner Sanders. Bosambo is a crook, and a conman. But he is a clever one. He frequently outwits Sanders and his crew. At the same time he is fiercely loyal to Sanders and often comes to his rescue. (Goodreads)

Wie lange sie geschlafen haben mochte, wußte sie nicht, aber ihrer Meinung nach mußten es Stunden gewesen sein. Der lebhafte Verkehr auf der Straße war allmählich verstummt, und das summende Geräusch der Großstadt war verklungen, nur hin und wieder hörte sie eine Hupe. Der Raum lag im Dunkeln, dennoch war sie davon überzeugt, daß jemand im Zimmer war!

Excerpt: ""Mich kannst du nicht umbringen, Mark" sagte der alte Li Yoseph leise. "Ich werde wiederkommen." Zwei Schüsse folgten kurz aufeinander - dann hörte Mark McGill, wie der Körper des Alten auf das Wasser klatschte. Ein Jahr später berichtet man Mark: Li Yoseph ist wieder in London aufgetaucht.”