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The Dark Eyes of London

Edgar Wallace

The story centers around Inspector Larry Holt, who is drawn into a complex investigation linked to a series of murders and the leaking of secrets.

"The Dark Eyes of London" by Edgar Wallace is a mystery novel. The story centers around Inspector Larry Holt, who is drawn into a complex investigation linked to a series of murders and the leaking of secrets.

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Larry Holt sat before the Café de la Paix, watching the stream of life flow east and west along the Boulevard des Italiens. The breath of spring was in the air; the trees were bursting into buds of vivid green; the cloud-flecked skies were blue; and a flood of golden sunshine brought out the colours of the kiosks, and gave an artistic value even to the flaring advertisements. Crowded motor-buses rumbled by, little taxis dashed wildly in and out of the traffic, to the mortal peril of unsuspecting pedestrians.

A gendarme, with cloak over his shoulder, stood in a conventional attitude on the kerb, his hand behind him, staring at nothing, and along the sidewalk there were hurrying bareheaded girls, slow-moving old men, and marching poilus. Itinerant vendors of wares loafed past the tables of the café, dusky-faced Arabs with their carpets on their arms, seedy-looking men who hawked bundles of picture post cards and would produce, at the slightest encouragement, cards which were not for the public gaze. All these things and people were a delight to Larry Holt, who had just returned from Berlin after four years’ strenuous work in France and Germany, and felt in that holiday spirit to which even the mind of a detective will ascend.

Contents

  1. 01Chapter I. Larry Holt in Paris
  2. 02Chapter II. Sir John Hason
  3. 03Chapter III. The Secretary
  4. 04Chapter IV. Flash Fred Sees a Client
  5. 05Chapter V. The Will
  6. 06Chapter VI. The Writing in Braille
  7. 07Chapter VII. A Telegram from Calgary
  8. 08Chapter VIII. The Memorial Stone
  9. 09Chapter IX. The Man Who Lost a Finger
  10. 10Chapter X. Mr. Strauss “Drops”
  11. 11Chapter XI. Burglars at the Yard
  12. 12Chapter XII. Fanny Weldon Tells the Truth
  13. 13Chapter XIII. Todd’s Home
  14. 14Chapter XIV. Fanny Has a Visitor
  15. 15Chapter XV. The Fight in the Dark
  16. 16Chapter XVI. Mr. Grogan Meets a Lady
  17. 17Chapter XVII. The Insurance Money
  18. 18Chapter XVIII. At the Pawnbroker’s
  19. 19Chapter XIX. In Flash Fred’s Flat
  20. 20Chapter XX. The Woman Who Drew the Insurance Money
  21. 21Chapter XXI. When Diana Fainted
  22. 22Chapter XXII. The Man Who Was Deaf
  23. 23Chapter XXIII. The Disappearance of Diana Ward
  24. 24Chapter XXIV. The Laundry Yard
  25. 25Chapter XXV. What Happened to Diana
  26. 26Chapter XXVI. Back Again
  27. 27Chapter XXVII. “John Dearborn Is Not Blind”
  28. 28Chapter XXVIII. Who Runs Dearborn?
  29. 29Chapter XXIX. Flash Fred’s Story
  30. 30Chapter XXX. In the Tubular Room
  31. 31Chapter XXXI. Fred Lends His Keys
  32. 32Chapter XXXII. A Breakfast Proposal
  33. 33Chapter XXXIII. Lew
  34. 34Chapter XXXIV. Larry Inspects a House
  35. 35Chapter XXXV. The Death Room
  36. 36Chapter XXXVI. The Woman in the Garage
  37. 37Chapter XXXVII. The Heiress
  38. 38Chapter XXXVIII. The End of Jake
  39. 39Chapter XXXIX. The Get-Away
  40. 40Chapter XL. A Letter from Larry
  41. 41Chapter XLI. Diana Pulls a Lever
  42. 42Chapter XLII. In the Trap
  43. 43Chapter XLIII. The Passing of David
  44. 44Chapter XLIV. The End of the Chase
  45. 45Chapter XLV. Three Cigarettes
  46. 46Transcriber’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
231 pages
This edition
Modern Philosophers

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