Description: Edgar Jepson’s “The Garden at No. 19,” which has just been published, is already being translated into Italian, and negotiations are under way for the French rights. Since the fundamentals of human nature are the same the world over, and because the book appeals to fundamental ‘astinets, it seems natural that “The Garden at…
Tag: 1920
The Melody of Death – Edgar Wallace – 1920
Description: Readers on the look-out for sensationalism will find goodly entertainment in this strangely named tale concerning the doings of a gang of superburglars and their unmasking by the boldness and ingenuity of a certain Foreign Office clerk, Gilbert Standerton. Reviews: Rating: 4
The 4th Plague – Edgar Wallace – 1920
Description: A mad scientist and criminal mastermind, Count Festin,i guides the Red Hand, a ruthless syndicate that is kidnapping, blackmailing and murdering with impunity. The only person that might stop them is Festini’s son. Set in London, this spectacular thriller includes detectives and the potential for killing most the people in England, as the title…
That Affair at St. Peters – Edna Adelaide Brown – 1920
Description: Here is a detective story for those who find murder unpleasant but detection exciting. Nobody is killed in order to make a Roman holiday for the reader. The interest, instead, centers around the disappearance of the silver belonging to St. Peter’s Church, which on a Sunday morning when a large congregation was present. The…
Waylaid By Wireless – Edwin Balmer – 1920
Description: This is the story, told with ‘‘international” humor, of travel in the English cathedral towns, of the voyage home, of the surprising actions of the ‘‘ wireless,” of impenetrable mystery and the detection of a bewildering thief—the rollicking, exciting, absorbing, unique story. The first big wireless novel—filled with charming touches of travel through the…
From Now On – Frank L Packard – 1920
Description: A story of the underworld, especially of a man who became enmeshed in its toils, but by the aid of two loyal friend is reformed. It is decidedly adventure story full of thrilling situations. Reviews: Rating:
The Pit Prop Syndicate – Freeman Wills Crofts – 1920
Description: The story revolves around uncovering how the criminals are smuggling goods from England to the European Continent. Reviews: Rating: 3
Jane Cable – George Barr McCutcheon – 1920
Description: Blackmail and revenge are the keynotes of this story of modern Chicago, involving two families of business and social prominence. The secret of Jane Cable’s parentage is known only to her supposed mother and to the lawyer and his clerk who arranged her adoption. She is in love with this wretched lawyer’s only son,…
The Strange Adventures of Bromley Barnes – George Barton – 1920
Description: A gripping story for all lovers of mystery and adventure, full of exciting episodes and capping climaxes. The Strange Adventures of Bromley Barnes, by George Barton, a detective yarn of the first water, has its opening scenes laid in Washington, where a retired “chief,” for years an expert in the government secret service, is…
Suspected – George Dilnot – 1920
Description: A vivid gripping detective story, heavy on plot. Did a beautiful girl kill the millionaire, and was the young newspaper reporter, nicknamed “The Crime Merchant”, trying to throw Scotland Yard off the scent? Reviews: Rating: