Edgar Wallace Books in Order

Wallace’s poems draw on military life and his years among army medical personnel. Battle, field surgery, barracks humor, and comradeship reveal soldiers’ experiences of duty and loss alongside the everyday voices behind public accounts of war.

Four vigilantes threaten to kill Foreign Secretary Sir Philip Ramon unless he withdraws an extradition bill they consider unjust. Scotland Yard attempts to protect him, while the men devise a way to carry out their warning despite intense security.

An eccentric Scotland Yard officer investigates the fortune left by a wealthy gambler, locked behind a puzzle hidden in a cryptic verse. Rival claimants and criminals compete to solve it, turning an inheritance into a contest of deception and greed.

The Four Just Men confront the Red Hundred, an anarchist organization planning attacks on British institutions. Their campaign takes a dangerous turn when Manfred is betrayed, captured, and sentenced to death, testing the group's ability to outwit its enemies.

Captain Tatham leads an expedition to a remote island, convinced its mineral wealth can finance his ambitions. The search for gold brings practical obstacles, rival interests, and political complications, while his relationship with Eve Smith adds a personal stake.

An unconventional duke and his companion arrive in a quiet London suburb, unsettling its status-conscious residents. Their unfamiliar manners and mysterious backgrounds spark gossip, comic misunderstandings, and romantic interest as neighbors struggle to make sense of the newcomers.

Scotland Yard detective Elk investigates financiers whose criminal schemes are disrupting international markets. Their organization reaches beyond ordinary fraud, manipulating trade and political power, and Elk must uncover its connections before the people behind it can secure their ambitions.

Commissioner Sanders administers a British colonial territory along an African river, negotiating with chiefs and confronting unrest. These linked stories follow his efforts to maintain authority as rivalries, outside interference, and uneasy alliances repeatedly threaten the region's fragile peace.

Sanders cuts short his leave when news arrives of unrest in his African territory. Bosambo has encouraged chiefs to believe the commissioner is dead, leaving Sanders to counter an ambitious power grab before it turns into widespread conflict.

Australian gambler Brian Pallard arrives in Britain and enters the competitive world of horse racing. His clash with an English aristocrat turns the racetrack into a battleground where personal rivalry and the pursuit of victory become entangled.

An Italian criminal organization called the Red Hand threatens to release a deadly plague unless Britain meets its financial demands. Investigators must uncover the conspiracy and stop the blackmail before a threat to public safety becomes a catastrophe.

A lost African expedition leaves behind rumors of a rich diamond mine and a chart others desperately want. Former convict Amber becomes entangled with a dubious financier and the Sutton siblings as competing schemes draw them toward the missing fortune.

Bosambo, chief of the Ochori, uses wit and political skill to navigate rival chiefs and British colonial authority. His dealings with Commissioner Sanders combine cooperation with personal ambition, as shifting loyalties and regional conflicts repeatedly test their uneasy relationship.

Edgar Wallace examines the military history of several well-known Scottish regiments in this nonfiction account. Published during the First World War, it introduces readers to the units' past as part of his writing about Britain's fighting forces.

A misdirected assignment sends Felix Carfew aboard an ambassador's special train and onward to Ostend, where he exploits the unexpected opportunity. Journalist Gregory Carfew receives an urgent summons, drawing both into a comic adventure built on mistaken identity.

When Commissioner Sanders takes leave, Lieutenant Hamilton assumes control of the African territories with the well-meaning Augustus Tibbetts, known as Bones, beside him. Bones's attempts to help repeatedly create complications amid local politics and the demands of colonial administration.

American millionaire Kerry King leads a syndicate buying London property to improve living conditions for poorer residents. His ambitious redevelopment project faces a determined opponent in former business partner Hermann Zeberlieff, whose schemes threaten both the plan and its backers.

Mystery writer John Lexman is drawn into a killing and sent to prison after being betrayed by a wealthy acquaintance. Scotland Yard's T. X. Meredith investigates, seeking the truth behind the conviction as further violence complicates the case.

This history recounts the opening campaigns of the First World War through official dispatches and explanatory narrative. It follows British operations from Mons and the retreat through the Marne and Aisne, connecting military reports with accounts of the fighting.

Kate Westhanger uses intelligence and social connections to organize audacious crimes within London's elite criminal world. Inspector Michael Pretherston recognizes her abilities and pursues her schemes, turning their encounters into a contest of strategy, deception, and conflicting loyalties.

Manfred, Gonsalez, and Poiccart continue dispensing their own form of justice while spending time in Cordova. Their intelligence and unconventional methods bring them into conflict with criminals beyond the reach of ordinary policing, where exposing wrongdoing carries personal risks.

Two men are found shot outside a millionaire's home, drawing secret police chief T. B. Smith into an investigation. Connections to a gossip publication and its concealed editor suggest an organized blackmail operation in which appearances cannot be trusted.

Former mining magnate John Minute hires an investigator to trace blackmail threats from his past. When Minute is murdered, suspicion falls on his nephew, who asks the same investigator to clear his name and examine the secretary's possible involvement.

German secret agent Heine recounts his wartime missions in Britain through a series of comic espionage stories. His confidence repeatedly exceeds his judgment, as covert operations and encounters with rival agents expose the gap between his claims and reality.

A conspiracy threatens to destroy the world's wheat supply with a fungal blight known as green rust. Those who uncover the scheme must confront its organizers before a weapon aimed at crops brings famine and economic disaster.

The murder of gambler Snow Gregory draws investigator Stafford King toward Colonel Dan Boundary's criminal world. A mysterious avenger calling himself Jack O' Judgment leaves playing cards as warnings, turning the hunt for a killer into a wider confrontation.

Detective Jack Tarling refuses a store owner's request to pursue cashier Odette Rider after she resigns. A body decorated with daffodils soon draws him into a case involving the store's employees, a convicted criminal, and competing personal motives.

Wealthy Augustus Tibbetts, known as Bones, enters London's business world with confidence and limited experience. Shipping deals, ambitious acquaintances, and his new secretary draw him into comic commercial adventures where good intentions and financial judgment do not always coincide.

Engineer Malcolm Hay becomes involved with a Russian grand duchess and a mysterious book said to control people's wills. Their encounters span the upheaval of revolution, drawing them into political conspiracies, personal rivalries, and struggles over power.

In ten stories, the Just Men investigate crimes that conventional justice has failed to resolve. Blackmail, a suspicious laboratory death, and other concealed offenses demand their unusual reasoning and direct intervention, placing them between vulnerable victims and unpunished criminals.

Cartwright and judge Maxell become involved with an Irish singer during a visit to Tangiers, angering men connected to her theatre. As Cartwright pursues financing elsewhere, Maxell conceals their business relationship, bringing personal loyalties into conflict with his judicial position.

Sanders is away from Africa when a distant ruler's violence includes a missionary's death and his daughter's disappearance. News of the crisis draws Sanders and his colleagues toward a return, challenging the king who believes colonial intervention is no longer possible.

James Meredith's murder conviction brings debt-ridden artist Lydia Beale into a proposed marriage of convenience. Around them, Jean Briggerland's charm conceals dangerous intentions, and Lydia becomes entangled in a struggle involving wealth, deception, and a disputed crime.

A blackmail syndicate called the Crimson Circle murders wealthy targets who refuse its demands. Inspector Parr and detective Derrick Yale investigate, while a victim's son seeks answers and an enigmatic secretary's uncertain loyalties complicate the search for the mastermind.

Stable owner Stella Barrington hires a mysterious tramp after he impresses her with his courage. As her horses compete at major racecourses, rival owners scheme against her, and doubts about her new employee's identity add another layer of uncertainty.

Lieutenant Bones continues his misadventures in the African territory administered by Commissioner Sanders. These stories bring him into encounters involving local chiefs, medical matters, animals, and apparent mysteries, as his enthusiastic efforts repeatedly complicate the work of his colleagues.

Beryl Merville becomes intrigued by the mysterious Ambrose Sault while facing family expectations and troubling financial dealings. Her father's connections to powerful men place personal relationships against a background of money and influence, leaving her unsure whom she can trust.

Wealthy recluse Jesse Trasmere's death draws reporter Tab Holland into a mystery involving secret dealings and disputed motives. Connections to a restaurant owner and a threat from Trasmere's past complicate the investigation, while a small physical clue promises answers.

Reports that a legendary archer has returned to haunt Garre Castle alarm its criminal owner, Abe Bellamy. An arrow killing brings police and a reporter into the mystery while Valerie searches for her missing mother and Bellamy resists scrutiny.

Millionaire Rex Walton disappears on the eve of his wedding, leaving his family and investigators without an explanation. A series of strange and violent events follows, turning the search for him into a mystery where wealth offers little protection.

Diana Ford defies her advisers to come to England and move into her cousin Gordon Salisbury's home. When she suspects that someone is cleverly impersonating him, her determination turns a family visit into a dangerous investigation.

Newly released from prison, John Gray visits Peter Kane on his daughter's wedding day. Discovering that her seemingly respectable bridegroom is a dangerous fraudster draws him into a criminal scheme that threatens the family he hopes to protect.

Inspector Larry Holt's holiday ends when a wealthy man is found drowned under suspicious circumstances. Returning to London alongside a notorious gambler, he investigates a case that draws him into dangerous encounters and an unexpected romance.

Audrey Bedford serves a prison sentence rather than expose her sister's jewelry theft. After her release, a new job entangles her in murder and stolen diamonds, forcing her to investigate before her past makes her an easy suspect.

Secretary Ella Marlowe is horrified when her guardian Maurice Tarn proposes marriage and asks her to accompany him abroad. Confiding in Ralph Hallam draws her into a mystery involving the unsettling Major Amery, drugs, and criminal connections.

Brothers Socrates and Lexington Smith investigate strange events after a ghostly light signals a message near a country house. Finding a murdered man tied to an oak transforms their curiosity into a dangerous search for the truth.

Wallace examines the 1912 murder trial of Frederick Henry Seddon and his wife following Eliza Mary Barrow’s death. The account traces financial motives, growing suspicion, and the evidence that brought a seemingly respectable household into court.

A series of murders surrounds a sinister scheme involving a directing criminal mind and an intimidating figure calling himself the King of Bonginda. When Gwendda faces a terrifying nighttime intrusion, identifying the threat becomes urgent.

Jim Steele grows alarmed when Eunice accepts work in the household of ruthless heir Digby Groat. A warning that her life is in danger leads him to investigate her origins and a fortune shadowed by unexplained disappearances.

Henry Avon recounts his family's experiences amid the upheavals of Tudor England. Court politics, religious conflict, and successive rulers shape this historical tale, which follows a fictional family's perspective on the events changing the country around them.

Young bank manager Jim Bartholomew dislikes routine, but encounters with Margot, Mrs. Markham, and a mysterious American bring more excitement than he expects. An image of three Roman deities of punishment becomes entangled with the unfolding mystery.

A secret criminal organization terrorizes London, leaving frog tattoos as its signature. After an undercover officer is murdered, Detective Sergeant Elk must uncover the elusive leader whose followers refuse to talk and whose crimes keep multiplying.

Foreign Office investigator Mike Brixan follows the discovery of a severed head to a film crew working at an English manor. Connections involving a scriptwriter and a troubling neighbor complicate his hunt for the murderer known as the Headhunter.

Eight stories follow the outwardly unremarkable J. G. Reeder, who solves crimes for the Public Prosecutor. His ability to think like a criminal gives him an advantage over suspects who underestimate the shabby man investigating them.

Thought dead in Australia, the assassin known as the Ringer returns to London after his sister's death. Inspector Wembury tries to stop his revenge, complicated by the suspect's disguises and the lawyer connected to the woman Wembury loves.

Lois Reddle accepts a secretary's position with an enigmatic countess while unsettling encounters raise questions about her own background. A prison visit connects her to an old murder case, drawing personal hopes into a dangerous search for truth.

Engraver Thomas Maple becomes entangled in forgery, gang violence, and trouble involving an American millionaire. His niece Verity knows little of his past, but a detective's suspicions threaten to expose the secrets behind their London household.

Barbara, secretary and goddaughter to a department store owner, challenges the men planning to take over his failing business. When something happens to him just before the deal, she faces the police and the intrigue on her own.

Twelve comic tales follow Cockney racing tipster Evans through bets, bookmakers, horses, and unreliable predictions. His dealings with journalists and women bring fresh opportunities and mishaps, turning the pursuit of a winner into recurring trouble.

In this short autobiography, Edgar Wallace reflects on his own life and the people who shaped it. Personal recollections replace fictional mysteries, offering his perspective on experiences and encounters behind his life as a writer.

Bones invites the Foreign Secretary to visit the African territory he helps administer, infuriating his commander. Meanwhile Sanders and his assistants contend with colonial rivalries and local tensions as Bosambo watches their efforts to maintain an uneasy peace.

Rumors of a ghost haunt an old abbey while the Chelford household is divided by marriage plans and resentment. A rejected secretary schemes to claim missing Spanish gold, linking personal revenge to the mystery of the Black Abbot.

A mathematician brings terrifying news to the British prime minister, prompting government leaders to behave in inexplicable ways. As a worried world confronts an unnamed danger, the mystery links public fear, political secrecy, and unexpected personal entanglements.

Retiring police officer Dick Martin investigates a missing library book, then accepts work tracking an elusive nobleman. A murdered safecracker and the nobleman's connection to a librarian draw him into a mystery centered on a locked family crypt.

Aileen Rivers crosses paths with millionaire Stratford Harlow and Scotland Yard's James Carlton while her uncle serves a prison sentence. After a car accident brings her to Carlton's attention, an evening call for help pulls him into the mystery.

A tramp heading toward Canada unexpectedly marries a young woman and becomes caught in dangers surrounding their wedding. Pursued by suspicious strangers, the couple must survive while she tries to understand her husband's identity and the secrets dividing them.

Investigator Leslie Maughan suspects a convicted forger is innocent after finding a book he once owned. His release, a murdered butler, and a valuable emerald lead her toward tangled relationships involving high society and an unknown child.

Hope Joyner loves Sir Richard Hallowell, but his former fiancée Diana has acquired money and dubious companions. A recently released prisoner and a besotted foreign prince complicate a mystery that draws private relationships into dangerous intrigue.

Clifford Lynne opposes Fing-Su, the Oxford-educated leader of a secret society pursuing power. Blackmail, bribery, and kidnapping serve the ambitious leader's plans, forcing Lynne to confront a conspiracy whose influence reaches across national boundaries.

Former detective Billy Stabbat's history with the Briscoe gang draws him into further criminal intrigue. His efforts to protect Mary Ferrera lead toward two extraordinary cases and imprisonment, with loyalty complicating the search for a way out.

Superintendent Minton and amateur investigator Cardew examine a woman's death and mysterious footprints. Strange figures, an unsettling tune, and another woman's unexplained determination to visit an isolated place deepen the mystery before the killer can strike again.

Captain Hurley Brown sees another young officer die after dealings with gaming-house owner Emil Louba. Determined to end Louba's destructive influence, Brown enters a world of gambling, rivalry, and violence where the consequences reach beyond Malta.

An elusive criminal called Four Square Jane carries out a series of daring schemes while keeping her identity concealed. Her resourcefulness turns each risky crime into a fresh challenge for anyone trying to discover who she really is.

J. G. Reeder pursues escaped criminal John Flack, who has vowed revenge against him. When Margaret Belman accepts work at a country hotel, Reeder discovers her new position may be part of a trap designed by his enemy.

Eunice's mysterious birth and the mark of a blue hand become entangled with Digby Groat's pursuit of wealth. Jim Steele must unravel the surrounding plots while trying to protect the woman he loves from growing danger.

This omnibus gathers Room 13, Terror Keep, and The Mind of J. G. Reeder. Counterfeiting, revenge, and other intricate crimes test the apparently ordinary investigator, whose understanding of criminal thinking helps him confront dangerous and deceptive opponents.

Actress Ella Creed fears a feathered-serpent card left after thieves steal her imitation jewels. Reporter Peter Dewin discovers that wealthy men share her terror, forcing him to investigate what connects the victims and who is threatening them.

Forged banknotes circulate as Jane Leith questions how her new husband Peter Clifton acquired his wealth. A nighttime intruder enters her bedroom for reasons unrelated to jewelry, drawing police investigators into a mystery of money and concealed motives.

Betty Carew is ordered to sit at a desk in a shop window, pretending to write while awaiting a stranger. Bill Holbrook investigates the arrangement, suspecting danger behind the instructions of the doctor who controlled her childhood.

Secretary Marjorie Stedman visits an actress's household on errands for her employer. During a second delivery, a gunshot leads her to a wounded man and a familiar figure holding the revolver, drawing her into a dangerous mystery.

Secretary Marjorie Stedman makes a second delivery to Tynewood Chase and hears a gunshot. Finding Sir James dead and a familiar man holding the revolver draws her into a mystery involving people she thought she understood.

An ex-detective goes undercover among London criminals to identify a powerful informer known as the Squeaker. The man's habit of betraying his associates makes the investigation dangerous in a world where stolen jewels and trust change hands.

These pieces collect Wallace's newspaper observations and experiences of English life. Moving among burglars, police, farmers, wealthy people and everyday workers, they offer a journalist's view of the people and occupations around him.

Commissioner Sanders, Captain Hamilton and the inexperienced Bones face fresh disturbances in their African colonial territory. This collection of linked stories follows their attempts to maintain order when an apparently quiet situation produces unexpected complications.

Detective Richard Staines breaks into an acquaintance's house to escape a thunderstorm and finds a man bound and blindfolded. The woman searching his pockets appears to be the kindly nurse Staines met only hours earlier.

Ann Perryman is told that a Scotland Yard officer caused her brother's death. Her connection with Mark McGill and a suspected smuggler draws her into danger, especially when the smuggler suddenly disappears from his riverside home.

Jewel thief Gunner Haynes saves banker Luke Maddison from a fall, creating an unlikely bond. When trouble reunites them, a detective and an undercover reporter become involved in a criminal world of deception and murder.

Chief Inspector Oliver Rater says so little that his colleagues call him the Orator. These detective stories follow the quiet policeman through varied criminal cases, revealing how much observation and thought lie behind his reserved manner.

After Clay Shelton's execution, people involved in his conviction begin dying at the hands of a secret society. Inspector Betcher Long knows he is another target and must uncover how Shelton's threatened revenge is being carried out.

Lord Frensham suspects Anthony Braid of swindling him, while Braid accuses Frensham's nephew instead. When Frensham dies in an apparent suicide, Inspector Elk must investigate both the financial deception and the suspicious circumstances of his death.

Fugitive Henry Arthur Milton, known as the Ringer, returns in further stories of disguise and vigilante justice. His determination to punish criminals places him against powerful wrongdoers while Scotland Yard continues trying to catch him.

A young man discovers that Professor Colson, his former teacher and benefactor, receives messages from another world. The knowledge has made Colson wealthy, but an enemy wants to obtain the secret for his own purposes.

Barrister Jeremiah Jowlett meets Margot Panton while reports of a ghost trouble Down Hill. Their acquaintance develops amid strange appearances and suspicions, bringing questions about the haunting into contact with Jeremiah's work investigating criminal cases.

Murder and marked banknotes provide clues to a sinister organization in this crime story. Following the connection between violence and a recurring symbol draws the investigation beyond an isolated killing toward the group behind it.

A betting syndicate operates in the world of horse racing, where organized interests have reason to avoid police attention. Chief Inspector M. M. Luke of Scotland Yard becomes an obstacle to the group's activities.

A gang terrorizes London's Thames district with burglaries and bank robberies, disguising its members in rubber masks and gloves. Inspector John Wade investigates the criminals and their possible connection with the disreputable Mecca club.

Former soldier Jack Bryce struggles to find work until a visit to his father's lawyer changes his prospects. Becoming a detective introduces an inexperienced man to criminals and investigations he has never previously encountered.

A wealthy man is found dead in his isolated riverside house, with a barefoot print outside and his secretary locked in a room. Superintendent Minter investigates the contradiction presented by the key in the dead man's pocket.

Criminals released after ten years in prison seek revenge on the ringleader who escaped with their stolen money. Their search leads toward an isolated house haunted by organ music and a hooded figure, with police also pursuing answers.