Kate Plus 10

This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design. In Edgar Wallace's Kate Plus Ten, a stolen pearl necklace, a scandal-prone aristocratic household, and a vanished secret life set the stage for a fast-moving mystery. Lord Flanborough's irritation, Moya Felton's cool practicality, and the return of Inspector Michael Pretherston all collide in a case that quickly proves less about missing jewels than about buried feelings, class resentment, and hidden identities. Michael's sharp, mocking investigation exposes the pearls as a false alarm, but his probing uncovers something far more dangerous: the quiet secretary Miss Tenby is really Kate, a woman with a criminal past, fierce intelligence, and no patience for sentiment. Their tense exchanges reveal a world where respectability is fragile, women are forced to bargain with society's rules, and the underworld is never far below the surface. Meanwhile, Moya's unexpected encounter with the self-mocking artist Fonso Blaxton and a mysterious princess, along with the revelation of Sir Ralph Sapson's gold-train security, widen the story into a web of wit, romance, and high-stakes criminal plotting. At the center of it all, Kate emerges as a commanding strategist preparing a major operation.