The Green Rust (Version 2)

Edgar Wallace, perhaps best known for creating King Kong, wrote dozens of novels. The Green Rust, his twelfth crime novel, is one of three books he published in 1919. It begins at the English home of the severely ill American millionaire, John Millinborn. With him are his best friend, Kitson, and a local doctor, the Dutch (or is he?) van Heerden. He is murdered in the first chapter, having just left his fortune to his niece, Oliva, whom he has never met. Before he dies, he asks Kitson to find and watch over Oliva. (Introduction by Kirsten Wever) (9 hr 49 min)

Chapters

The Death of John Millinborn	16:29	Read by Kirsten Wever
The Drunken Mr. Beale	23:31	Read by Kirsten Wever
Punsonby's Discharge an Employee	24:43	Read by Kirsten Wever
The Letters That Were Not There	19:14	Read by Kirsten Wever
The Man With the Big Head	18:57	Read by Kirsten Wever
Mr. Scobbs of Red Horse Valley	19:47	Read by Kirsten Wever
Plain Words From Mr. Beale	20:20	Read by Kirsten Wever
The Crime of the Grand Alliance	18:10	Read by Kirsten Wever
A Crime Against the World	24:57	Read by Kirsten Wever
A Fruitless Search	19:15	Read by Kirsten Wever
The House near Staines	21:00	Read by Kirsten Wever
Introducing Parson Homo	17:53	Read by Kirsten Wever
At Deans Folly	18:26	Read by Kirsten Wever
Mr. Beale Suggests Marriage	16:40	Read by Kirsten Wever
The Good Herr Stardt	18:27	Read by Kirsten Wever
The Pawn Ticket	17:36	Read by Kirsten Wever
The Jew of Cracow	22:29	Read by Kirsten Wever
Bridgers Breaks Loose	19:13	Read by Kirsten Wever
Oliva is Willing	17:13	Read by Kirsten Wever
The Marriage	13:17	Read by Kirsten Wever
Beale Sees White	19:09	Read by Kirsten Wever
Hilda Glaum Leads The Way	16:29	Read by Kirsten Wever
At the Doctor's Flat	16:10	Read by Kirsten Wever
The Green Rust Factory	14:36	Read by Kirsten Wever
The Last Man at the Bench	13:57	Read by Kirsten Wever
The Secret of the Green Rust	18:40	Read by Kirsten Wever
A Scheme to Starve the World	16:00	Read by Kirsten Wever
The Coming of Dr. Milsom	18:20	Read by Kirsten Wever
The Lost Code	16:03	Read by Kirsten Wever
The Watch	15:26	Read by Kirsten Wever
A Cornchandler's Bill	8:58	Read by Kirsten Wever
The End of Van Heerden	28:56	Read by Kirsten Wever

Reviews

Good story and good reader

(4 stars)

Robin Wright

The story takes place in post WWI London, England, so for the most part, people from Germany are the bad guys. Thank you for putting on Librivox.

fantastic story!

(5 stars)

Ameyer99

this is a great mystery / Adventure / story! I have come to enjoy the narrator she does have a bit of a monotone-ish cadence but once you get used to it it disappears and she is very good!

EAT YOUR HEART OUT IAN FLEMING!

(5 stars)

Clearspace

Global take over planned. Control over the world's wheat markets. Biological warfare. All to restore German wealth after the Treaty of Versailles. A story of revenge. 1920s. Romance woven throughout.

i gave up on version one, the narrator for that was all wrong.

(5 stars)

Jessie

the story I so enjoyed especially with Kirsten Wever reading, a big thank you!

(5 stars)

KAB

Love this story. I hardly ever listen more than once but this one I have. Kinda cheesy, a bit melodramatic, but still very good.