The Crimson Circle

Edgar Wallace's The Crimson Circle plunges into a world where a botched execution in France casts a shadow across London, and a hidden criminal network turns fear into power. On a storm-lashed night, desperate men are summoned, blackmailed, and quietly absorbed into the Crimson Circle, an organization that operates through money, secrecy, and murder. As wealthy victims are shaken down and some die mysteriously, the threat closes in on the Beardmore family, where a demand for payment collides with James Beardmore's refusal to yield and Jack Beardmore's troubled fascination with Thalia Drummond. At Beardmore's estate, the uncanny Derrick Yale reads hidden truths from the smallest objects, while the calculating Harvey Froyant and the nervous Felix Marl deepen the atmosphere of suspicion. A crimson circle painted on a tree, a hidden visit, a gunshot in the woods, and a baffling attack on Yale all suggest an enemy who can strike and vanish without trace. As Inspector Parr investigates, stolen money, vanished fences, and a web of laundering, disguise, and old crimes reveal how deeply the Crimson Circle has infected every corner of the story. This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.