Inspector T.B. Smith of Scotland Yard has got a lot on his plate. Two men are found shot to death outside the door of a millionaire, who happens to live just a few doors down from Smith himself. And a terrifying blackmailer, who runs a crude gossip rag, continues to elude the police. Inspector Smith is on the case, which eventually leads him to a secret, strange house, that sems to have a life of its own... "The Secret House" is a complex and exciting mystery from the "King of Thrillers" Edgar Wallace.
Edgar Wallace (1875-1932) was an English writer so prolific, that one of his publishers claimed that he was behind a quarter of all books sold in England. An author, journalist and poet, he wrote countless novels, short stories, screen plays, stage plays, historical non-fiction, etc. Today, more than 160 films have been made from his work. He died suddenly in Hollywood in 1932, during the initial drafting of his most famous work, "King Kong".
Inspector T.B. Smith of Scotland Yard has got a lot on his plate. Two men are found shot to death outside the door of a millionaire, who happens to live just a few doors down from Smith himself. And a terrifying blackmailer, who runs a crude gossip rag, continues to elude the police. Inspector Smith is on the case, which eventually leads him to a secret, strange house, that sems to have a life of its own... "The Secret House" is a complex and exciting mystery from the "King of Thrillers" Edgar Wallace.
Edgar Wallace (1875-1932) was an English writer so prolific, that one of his publishers claimed that he was behind a quarter of all books sold in England. An author, journalist and poet, he wrote countless novels, short stories, screen plays, stage plays, historical non-fiction, etc. Today, more than 160 films have been made from his work. He died suddenly in Hollywood in 1932, during the initial drafting of his most famous work, "King Kong".
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Edgar Wallace (1875–1932) was een Engelse journalist en schrijver van misdaadthrillers en toneelstukken. Zijn ouders waren acteurs. Vlak na zijn geboorte werd hij geadopteerd door een visboer uit Londen. Hij begon zijn schrijverscarrière als oorlogscorrespondent in Zuid-Afrika voor de Londense krant de Daily Mail gedurende de Tweede Boerenoorlog. Daarna legde hij zich toe op misdaadverhalen: hij zou in totaal 175 boeken schrijven, naast 24 toneelstukken en een grote hoeveelheid journalistiek werk. Wallace wordt gezien als 'uitvinder' van de moderne thriller. Zijn helden zijn over het algemeen politiemensen en geen amateur-detectives zoals toen gebruikelijk. Veel van zijn boeken zijn verfilmd (bron: Wikipedia, licensie: CC-BY-SA).
