The Secret House
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: re-set ed.,
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Chipped and worn with some minor damage along spine and corners; price clipped. Page Condition: Yellowed with foxing. Markings: unmrkd. Binding condition: Intact.
Behind locked doors and shadowed corridors, Edgar Wallace's The Secret House plunges readers into a labyrinthine world of crime, conspiracy, and sinister intrigue. The novel chronicles the machinations of a mysterious and powerful villain who operates from a hidden fortress, pulling invisible strings to orchestrate blackmail, murder, and manipulation across London's unsuspecting society. Wallace constructs a breathless narrative, propelling his protagonists through a relentless succession of danger and deception as they race to unmask the shadowy mastermind before more lives are claimed. A titan of the early twentieth-century thriller genre, Wallace was renowned for his prolific output and his uncanny ability to fuse gothic atmosphere with razor-sharp plotting — and The Secret House stands as a prime example of his craft at its most electrifying. The novel showcases his signature style: brisk, punchy prose, vividly drawn characters, and a mounting sense of dread that never relents. For those who have yet to discover why Wallace was once the most-read author in the English-speaking world, this is the perfect place to begin.
Author: Edgar Wallace
Format: Hardback
Published: 1954, Ward, Lock & Co. Limited
Genre: Crime fiction
Edition: re-set ed.,
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Chipped and worn with some minor damage along spine and corners; price clipped. Page Condition: Yellowed with foxing. Markings: unmrkd. Binding condition: Intact.
Behind locked doors and shadowed corridors, Edgar Wallace's The Secret House plunges readers into a labyrinthine world of crime, conspiracy, and sinister intrigue. The novel chronicles the machinations of a mysterious and powerful villain who operates from a hidden fortress, pulling invisible strings to orchestrate blackmail, murder, and manipulation across London's unsuspecting society. Wallace constructs a breathless narrative, propelling his protagonists through a relentless succession of danger and deception as they race to unmask the shadowy mastermind before more lives are claimed. A titan of the early twentieth-century thriller genre, Wallace was renowned for his prolific output and his uncanny ability to fuse gothic atmosphere with razor-sharp plotting — and The Secret House stands as a prime example of his craft at its most electrifying. The novel showcases his signature style: brisk, punchy prose, vividly drawn characters, and a mounting sense of dread that never relents. For those who have yet to discover why Wallace was once the most-read author in the English-speaking world, this is the perfect place to begin.