Edgar Wallace

The Secret House


Read by Don W. Jenkins


A stranger and foreigner arrives at the offices of a small publication in London only to be faced by the “editor” whose face is completely s…

The Green Rust


Read by Don W. Jenkins


A millionaire is taken suddenly ill, and sensing his mortality, he asks his attorney to do him one last favor—to find and secretly watch ove…

The Angel of Terror


Read by Lee Elliott


When this was written, literary traditions still decreed beauty to be the outward sign of inner saintliness, whereas evil characters tended …

The Daffodil Mystery


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Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (April 1, 1875–February 10, 1932) was a prolific British crime writer, journalist and playwright, who wrote 17…

The Crimson Circle


Read by Anna Simon


The Crimson Circle gang spreads fear by extortion and murder. Its members range from rich, powerful bankers to petty criminals, and none of …

The Clue of the Twisted Candle


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Well-known mystery writer John Lexman is charged with murder and sent to Broadmoor Prison. His friend T.X., head of a special branch of Scot…

The Angel of Terror (version 2)


Read by Allyson Hester


Beautiful Jean Briggerland is the epitome of evilness in this twisting and turning thriller. She plots many different ways to steal her new …

The Green Rust (Version 2)


Read by Kirsten Wever


Edgar Wallace, perhaps best known for creating King Kong, wrote dozens of novels. The Green Rust, his twelfth crime novel, is one of three b…

The Clue of the Twisted Candle (Version 2)


Read by Peter Thomlinson (1940-2022)


Detective mystery story set in London, with some romance, and intriguing plot. - Summary by Peter Thomlinson

The Book of All Power


Read by Peter Thomlinson (1940-2022)


The Book of All Power by Edgar Wallace is set in London at the beginning, and then the action moves to Russia. The story covers the period f…

The Door with Seven Locks


Read by Ben Tucker


Dick Martin is on his last day on the job at Scotland Yard, having planned to retire early due to an inheritance windfall, when he becomes e…

The Square Emerald


Read by Anne Fletcher


What appears to be a straightforward case of blackmail develops into an exciting, complex web for our heroine, a feisty girl detective attac…

The Man Who Knew


Read by Howard Skyman


Saul Arthur Mann is a meticulous and eccentric individual. His life revolves around the gathering of every fact and statistic he can possibl…

The Fellowship of the Frog


Read by Howard Skyman


In this story, a small village in rural England is the unlikely site of multiple mysterious goings-on. Dick Gordon, a young public prosecuto…

The Double


Read by Atul Sharma


When Dick Staines graduated the University of Cambridge without family connections or inherited wealth, he decides to put his honours scienc…

The Four Just Men


Read by Andy Sames


In the atmosphere of political turmoil before the First World War it seemed there were villains, spies and anarchists around every corner. S…

Angel Esquire


Read by Yoganandh T


The unconventional Scotland Yard detective Angel Esquire is no fool to be hoodwinked by the murder of the old crook Reale as he anticipates …

The Three Just Men


Read by Howard Skyman


It is early twentieth century England and all is not well. Innocent citizens are found murdered by an apparent snake bite accredited to a di…

The Squealer [aka The Squeaker]


Read by Atul Sharma


In 1920s London, a mysterious informant - known only as the Squealer - is systematically betraying London's criminal class to the authoritie…

The Clue of the New Pin


Read by Yoganandh T


A rich man is murdered in a seemingly impossible way. Journalist Tab Holland and Inspector Carver have only the clue of the new pin lying in…

LibriVox 9th Anniversary Collection


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This year is the 9th anniversary of our illustrious community, and readers have found and recorded 99 items with a connection with the numbe…

Short Science Fiction Collection 100


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Librivox has officially contributed a whopping 100 of these numbered collections of science fiction short stories! To celebrate, we are doi…

The Just Men of Cordova


Read by Atul Sharma


In “The Just Men of Cordova (1917)”, European financiers are dying conveniently from London to Cordova, victims of a mysterious poison that …