EDGAR WALLACE MYSTERIES - Volume 8

Edgar Wallace was a British novelist, playwright, and journalist who produced popular detective and suspense stories and was in his time "the king" of the modern thriller. He is the author who created one of the screen?s greatest monsters KING KONG. Wallace's literary output of 175 books, 24 plays, and countless articles and review sketches have undermined his reputation as a fresh and original writer. In England in the 1920s Wallace was said to be the second biggest seller after the Bible.

SET #8

THE PARTNER In this drama, based on a story by Edgar Wallace, a movie mogul and a beautiful Asian actress set up a major swindle

MAN DETAINED In this Edgar Wallace mystery, a burglar, arrested for possessing counterfeit money, is forced by the police to pose as a decoy to attract a ruthless killer who has murdered a photographer and is holding a secretary hostage

MAN AT CARLTON TOWER In this Edgar Wallace mystery, the trouble begins when a Rhodesian jewel thief kills a policeman and simply disappears. Now it is up to an intrepid detective, a former cop, to solve the crime.