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 The 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 / Again the Three Just Men | (1921) | |
| The Three Just Men | (1929) | |
Publication Order of T.B. Smith Books
| The Nine Bears / The Other Man / The Cheaters / Silinski, Master Criminal | (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 King-Maker | (1922) | |
| Sanders / 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 / The Murder Book of J.G. Reeder | (1925) | |
| The Casefiles of Mr. J.G. Reeder | (1927) | |
| Terror Keep | (1927) | |
| The Guv'nor / 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 / The Colossus | (1926) | |
| The Twister | (1928) | |
| White Face | (1930) | |
Publication Order of Educated Evans Books
| More Educated Evans | (1926) | |
| Good Evans / The Educated Man | (1927) | |
Publication Order of Supt. Minter Books
| Big Foot | (1927) | |
| The Lone House Mystery | (1929) | |
Publication Order of The Ringer Books
| The Ringer | (1925) | |
| Again the Ringer / The Ringer Returns | (1929) | |
Publication Order of Smithy Books
| Smithy, Nobby and Co. | (2016) | |
Publication Order of Mystery League Books
| The Day of Uniting | (1926) | |
| The Hand of Power | (1927) | |
| The Hardway Diamonds Mystery | (1930) | |
| The Hardway Diamonds Mystery | (1930) | |
| The House Of Terror | (2007) | |
| The Bungalow on the Roof | (2008) | |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| The African Millionaire | (1904) | |
| Angel Esquire | (1908) | |
| The Duke In The Suburbs | (1909) | |
| Eve's Island | (1909) | |
| The Fourth Plague | (1913) | |
| Grey Timothy | (1913) | |
| The Man Who Bought London | (1915) | |
| The Clue of the Twisted Candle | (1916) | |
| The Secret House | (1917) | |
| Kate Plus Ten | (1917) | |
| The Man Who Knew | (1918) | |
| The Adventures of Heine | (1919) | |
| The Green Rust | (1919) | |
| Jack O' Judgment | (1920) | |
| The Daffodil Mystery / The Daffodil Murder | (1920) | |
| The Book of All-Power | (1921) | |
| The Angel of Terror / The Destroying Angel | (1922) | |
| Mr Justice Maxell | (1922) | |
| The Flying Fifty-Five | (1922) | |
| The Crimson Circle | (1922) | |
| The Clue of the New Pin | (1923) | |
| The Missing Million | (1923) | |
| Captains of Souls | (1923) | |
| The Green Archer | (1923) | |
| The Face in the Night | (1924) | |
| The Three Oak Mystery | (1924) | |
| The Dark Eyes Of London | (1924) | |
| The Sinister Man | (1924) | |
| Double Dan aka Diana of Kara-Kara | (1924) | |
| The Daughters of the Night | (1925) | |
| The Strange Countess | (1925) | |
| The Black Avons / How They Feared in the Times of the Tudors | (1925) | |
| A King by Night | (1925) | |
| Blue Hand | (1925) | |
| The Hairy Arm / The Avenger | (1925) | |
| The Traitor's Gate | (1926) | |
| Barbara on Her Own | (1926) | |
| The Black Abbot | (1926) | |
| The Door with Seven Locks | (1926) | |
| The Yellow Snake | (1926) | |
| The Square Emerald / The Girl from Scotland Yard | (1926) | |
| A Debt Discharged | (1926) | |
| We Shall See! / The Gaol Breaker | (1926) | |
| The Northing Tramp / The Tramp | (1926) | |
| The Feathered Serpent | (1927) | |
| Flat 2 | (1927) | |
| The Blue Hand | (1927) | |
| The Forger / The Clever One | (1927) | |
| Four Square Jane | (1927) | |
| The Man Who Was Nobody | (1927) | |
| The Squeaker / The Squealer | (1927) | |
| The Flying Squad | (1928) | |
| The Gunner / Gunman's Bluff | (1928) | |
| The Terrible People | (1928) | |
| The Double | (1928) | |
| The Green Ribbon | (1929) | |
| The Iron Grip | (1929) | |
| The Terror | (1929) | |
| The India-Rubber Men | (1929) | |
| The Golden Hades | (1929) | |
| Planetoid 127 | (1929) | |
| The Ghost of Down Hill | (1929) | |
| The Clue of The Silver Key / The Silver Key | (1930) | |
| Down Under Donovan | (1930) | |
| The Thief in the Night | (1930) | |
| John Flack | (1930) | |
| The Devil Man | (1931) | |
| On the Spot | (1931) | |
| The Coat Of Arms | (1931) | |
| When the Gangs Came to London | (1932) | |
| Sergeant Sir Peter / Sergeant Dunn, C.I.D. | (1932) | |
| The Frightened Lady / The Mystery of the Frightened Lady | (1932) | |
| The Frightened Lady | (1932) | |
| King Kong | (1933) | |
| The Green Pack | (1933) | |
| The Calendar | (1963) | |
| Death Packs a Suitcase | (1964) | |
| The Brigand | (1964) | |
| The Man from Morocco | (1970) | |
| The Mission That Failed | (1970) | |
| The Mixer | (1973) | |
| The Road to London | (1986) | |
Publication Order of Collections
| Writ In Barracks | (1900) | |
| Heroes All Gallant Deeds of the War | (1914) | |
| The Trial of the Seddons | (1924) | |
| Circumstantial Evidence and Other Stories | (1929) | |
| Humorous Stories | (1934) | |
| Fighting Snub Reilly and Other Stories | (1934) | |
| The Sooper and Others | (1984) | |
| The Death Room | (1986) | |
| The Vampire of Wembley | (2020) | |
Publication Order of Chapbooks
| The Orator | (1928) | |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| Famous Scottish Regiments | (1914) | |
| The Standard History of the War | (1916) | |
| People: A Short Autobiography | (1926) | |
| This England | (1927) | |
| Kitchener's Army | (2015) | |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| City Sleuths and Tough Guys | (1989) | |
If You Like Edgar Wallace Books, You’ll Love…
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.
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