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The Crimson Circle
It centers on a ruthless blackmail-and-murder syndicate that terrorizes the wealthy, drawing in an intuitive sleuth, Derrick Yale, the stolid Inspector Parr, and the wealthy Beardmores.
"The Crimson Circle" by Edgar Wallace is a crime novel. It centers on a ruthless blackmail-and-murder syndicate that terrorizes the wealthy, drawing in an intuitive sleuth, Derrick Yale, the stolid Inspector Parr, and the wealthy Beardmores.
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It was an hour when most respectable citizens were preparing for bed, and the upper windows of the big, old-fashioned houses in the square showed patches of light, against which the outlines of the leafless trees, bending and swaying under the urge of the gale, were silhouetted. A cold wind was sweeping up the river, and its outriders penetrated icily into the remotest and most sheltered places.
The man who paced slowly by the high iron railings shivered, though he was warmly clad, for the unknown had chosen a rendezvous which seemed exposed to the full blast of the storm.
The débris of the dead autumn whirled in fantastic circles about his feet, the twigs and leaves came rattling down from the trees which threw their long gaunt arms above him, and he looked enviously at the cheerful glow in the windows of a house where, did he but knock, he would be received as a welcome guest.
Contents
- 01Prologue. The Nail
- 02Chapter I. The Initiation
- 03Chapter II. The Man Who Did Not Pay
- 04Chapter III. The Girl Who Was Indifferent
- 05Chapter IV. Mr. Felix Marl
- 06Chapter V. The Girl Who Ran
- 07Chapter VI. “Thalia Drummond is a Crook”
- 08Chapter VII. The Stolen Idol
- 09Chapter VIII. The Charge
- 10Chapter IX. Thalia in the Police Court
- 11Chapter X. The Summons of The Crimson Circle
- 12Chapter XI. The Confession
- 13Chapter XII. The Pointed Boots
- 14Chapter XIII. Mr. Marl Squeezes a Little More
- 15Chapter XIV. Thalia is Asked Out
- 16Chapter XV. Thalia Joins the Gang
- 17Chapter XVI. Mr. Marl Goes Out
- 18Chapter XVII. The Blower of Bubbles
- 19Chapter XVIII. “Flush” Barnet’s Story
- 20Chapter XIX. Thalia Accepts an Offer
- 21Chapter XX. The Key of River House
- 22Chapter XXI. River House
- 23Chapter XXII. The Messenger of The Circle
- 24Chapter XXIII. The Woman in the Cupboard
- 25Chapter XXIV. £10,000 Reward
- 26Chapter XXV. The Tenant of River House
- 27Chapter XXVI. The Bottle of Chloroform
- 28Chapter XXVII. Mr. Parr’s Mother
- 29Chapter XXVIII. A Shot in the Night
- 30Chapter XXIX. “The Red Circle”
- 31Chapter XXX. The Silencing of Froyant
- 32Chapter XXXI. Thalia Answers a Few Questions
- 33Chapter XXXII. A Trip to the Country
- 34Chapter XXXIII. The Posters
- 35Chapter XXXIV. Blackmailing a Government
- 36Chapter XXXV. Thalia Lunches with a Cabinet Minister
- 37Chapter XXXVI. The Circle Meets
- 38Chapter XXXVII. “I Will See You—If You Are Alive”
- 39Chapter XXXVIII. The Arrest of Thalia
- 40Chapter XXXIX. A Prison Diet
- 41Chapter XL. The Escape
- 42Chapter XLI. Who is The Crimson Circle?
- 43Chapter XLII. Mother
- 44Chapter XLIII. The Story Continued
- 45Transcriber’s Notes
About this edition
- Author
- Edgar Wallace
- Language
- English
- Era
- Modern (c. 1800–1945)
- Reading level
- Introductory: no background needed
- Formats
- EPUB, PDF
- Length
- 219 pages
- This edition
- Modern Philosophers
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