Adventure. Thrillers. Mystery. Detective. Book 20

Adventure. Thrillers. Mystery. Detective. Book 20: 1. The Golden Hades or Stamped In Gold; 2. The Green Ribbon; 3. The Calendar; 4. The Clue of the Silver Key or The Silver Key; 5. The Lady of Ascot.


Crime novels:

1. The Golden Hades.

 'The Golden Hades' is a tale of murder and a symbol on bank notes leading to a sinister organisation.

«FRANK ALWIN lifted his manacled hands and gingerly pulled off his moustache. The sound of the orchestra playing the audience out came faintly through the heavy curtains which divided the stage from the auditorium. He looked round as the property man came forward with an apology.

"Sorry, sir," he said; "I didn't know the curtain was down. We finished early tonight."

Frank nodded and watched, as the man deftly unlocked the handcuffs and took them into his charge.

Five minutes before, Frank Alwin had been the wicked Count de Larsca, detected in the act of robbing the Bank of Brazil, and arrested by the inevitable and invincible detective.»


2. The Green Ribbon

This novel centres of a betting syndicate involving the jovial Mr Trigger, the sinister Dr Blanter, the strange Mr Goodie, and the slippery disbarred lawyer Rustem.

Arrayed against them, representing Scotland Yard, is Chief Inspector M M Luke, and representing herself, heiress Edna Grey.


3. The Calendar

The Calendar is a 1930 British thriller novel by Edgar Wallace. A racehorse owner agrees to throw a race and has to deal with the consequences of his decision.


4. The Clue of the Silver Key or The Silver Key 

The story begins with the murder of Horace Tom Tickler, burglar, who is "taken for a ride" in the best Chicago fashion and then delivered to Scotland Yard in a stolen cab -- and all of England will be turned topsy-turvy until the clue of the silver key unmasks the ruthless murderer!


5. The Lady of Ascot 

…Curiosity being one of the besetting sins of John Morlay, it was impossible that he should pass the entrance to the lodge or fail to witness the signs of activity which were there to hold and detain the attention of the idle. He saw Little Lodge through a narrow gap in a trim box-hedge - a little too narrow for the curse-mumbling workmen who were carrying in a wardrobe and were expressing their views accordingly. Yet the gap was not accidental.