Order of Edgar Wallace Books

Edgar Wallace was an English crime writer, war correspondent, journalist, screenwriter and much more in his lifetime.

Wallace left school at the age of just 12 and joined the army at 21. He would work as a war correspondent during the Second Boer War for the Daily Mail and also Reuters. Wallace then found himself in debt and left the war beat to return to London where he would begin writing thrillers to raise his income with his breakthrough being the book The Four Just Men. He was a very prolific writer in his time with over 50 million copies sold of his works and one of the greatest authors in the history of the United Kingdom. Walace passed away in 1932 in Beverly Hills. In an interesting trivia note, he was working on the film that would become King Kong for RKO Pictures at the time.

Publication Order of Four Just Men Books

The Four Just Men	(1905)
The Council of Justice	(1908)
The Just Men of Cordova	(1917)
The Law of the Four Just Men aka Again the Three Just Men	(1921)
The Three Just Men	(1929)

Publication Order of T. B. Smith Books

The Nine Bears	(1910)
The Admirable Carfew	(1914)

Publication Order of Commissioner Sanders Books

Sanders of the River	(1911)
The People of the River	(1912)
The River of Stars	(1913)
Bosambo of the River	(1914)
Sandi The Kingmaker	(1922)
Sanders aka Mr. Commissioner Sanders	(1926)
Again Sanders	(1928)
The Keepers of the King's Peace	(1930)

Publication Order of Lieutenant Bones Books

Bones	(1915)
Bones in London	(1921)
Bones of the River	(1923)

Publication Order of J. G. Reeder Books

Room 13	(1924)
The Mind of Mr. J G Reeder aka The Murder Book of J.G. Reeder	(1925)
Terror Keep	(1927)
The Guv'nor aka Mr. Reeder Returns	(1932)
Mr J. G. Reeder Returns	(1932)
Red Aces	(1932)

Publication Order of Elk Books

The Fellowship of the Frog	(1925)
The Joker aka The Colossus	(1926)
The Twister	(1928)
White Face	(1931)

Publication Order of Educated Evans Books

Good Evans aka The Educated Man	(1926)
More Educated Evans	(1926)

Publication Order of Supt. Minter Books

Big Foot	(1927)
The Lone House Mystery	(1929)

Publication Order of Ringer Books

Again The Ringer

(1929)

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

The Mission That Failed	(1898)
Unofficial Despatches	(1901)
Angel Esquire	(1908)
The Duke in the Suburbs	(1909)
Eve's Island	(1909)
The Cheaters	(1910)
The Fourth Plague	(1913)
The Man Who Bought London	(1915)
The Clue of the Twisted Candle	(1917)
Kate Plus 10	(1917)
The Secret House	(1917)
The Adventures of Heine	(1919)
The Green Rust	(1919)
The Man Who Knew	(1919)
The Daffodil Mystery aka The Daffodil Murder	(1920)
Jack o'Judgment	(1920)
The Angel of Terror aka The Destroying Angel	(1922)
The Crimson Circle	(1922)
Flying Fifty-five	(1922)
The Valley of Ghosts	(1922)
The Book of All Power	(1923)
Captains of Souls	(1923)
The Clue of the New Pin	(1923)
The Missing Million	(1923)
Double Dan aka Diana of Kara-Kara	(1924)
The Face in the Night	(1924)
The Sinister Man	(1924)
The Three Oak Mystery	(1924)
The Daughters of the Night	(1925)
The Hairy Arm aka The Avenger	(1925)
The Strange Countess	(1925)
Barbara on Her Own	(1926)
The Black Abbot	(1926)
A Debt Discharged	(1926)
The Door with Seven Locks	(1926)
The Green Archer	(1926)
The Man from Morocco	(1926)
The Northing Tramp aka The Tramp	(1926)
The Square Emerald aka The Girl from Scotland Yard	(1926)
The Yellow Snake	(1926)
Blue-Hand	(1927)
Flat 2	(1927)
The Forger aka The Clever One	(1927)
The Man Who Was Nobody	(1927)
The Mixer	(1927)
Mr Justice Maxwell	(1927)
The Squeaker aka The Squealer	(1927)
The Traitor's Gate	(1927)
The Brigand	(1928)
The Double	(1928)
The Gunner aka Gunman's Bluff	(1928)
A King By Night	(1928)
The Ringer	(1928)
The Terrible People	(1928)
The Dark Eyes of London	(1929)
The Flying Squad	(1929)
For Information Received	(1929)
Four Square Jane	(1929)
The Ghost of Down Hill	(1929)
The Golden Hades	(1929)
The Green Ribbon	(1929)
The India Rubber Men	(1929)
The Iron Grip	(1929)
Planetoid 127	(1929)
The Queen of Sheba's Belt	(1929)
The Calendar	(1930)
The Clue of the Silver Key aka The Silver Key	(1930)
The Day of Uniting	(1930)
Down Under Donovan	(1930)
The Feathered Serpent	(1930)
The Hand of Power	(1930)
John Flack	(1930)
The Lady of Ascot	(1930)
Silinski - Master Criminal	(1930)
The Thief in the Night	(1930)
The Coat of Arms aka The Arranways Mystery	(1931)
The Devil Man	(1931)
The Man at the Carlton	(1931)
On the Spot	(1931)
The Ringer Returns	(1931)
The Frightened Lady aka The Mystery of the Frightened Lady	(1932)
Sergeant Sir Peter aka Sergeant Dunn, C.I.D.	(1932)
When the Gangs Came to London	(1932)
Death Packs a Suitcase	(1961)
King Kong	(1965)
The Road to London	(1986)

Publication Order of Collections

Writ in Barracks (poems)	(1900)
Heroes All	(1914)
The Trial of the Seddons	(1924)
The Governor of Chi-Foo	(1933)
Circumstantial Evidence	(1934)
Fighting Snub Reilly	(1934)
Nig-nog	(1934)
The Sooper	(1984)
The Death Room	(1986)
Classic Crime Stories	(1995)

Publication Order of Chapbooks

The Orator

(1928)

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

The Standard History of the War	(1914)
The War of the Nations	(1914)
Kitchener's Army and the Territorial Forces	(1915)
This England	(1927)
People	(1929)
Great Stories of Real Life	(1930)

If You Like Edgar Wallace Books, You’ll Love…

• Agatha Christie
• Dorothy L. Sayers
• G.K. Chesterton

Sanders of the River was one of Wallace’s more popular books. The book sees Commissioner Sanders who is sent by the British Government to Africa to keep an eye on “cannibal folk” who think of the white man as the equivalent to unicorns as they’d never seen one until ten years ago. The book captures the feelings of the time as world powers were vying for colonial honor and control.

The aforementioned The Four Just Men was one of Wallace’s earliest hits. The book tells the tales of four men who are committed to making sure that public figures remain as upright as they are. This book sees the men threaten to kill a minister if he passes an unjust law. The minister does what he can to save himself, but whether he succeeds or not makes for an excellent and clever thriller.