White Face (Detective Sgt.
by:
Edgar Wallace (author)
ISBN:
9780856172496 (0856172499)
Publish date: October 1975
Publisher: White Lion Publishers
Pages no: 191
Edition language: English
A man ends up stabbed to death on a street in London's Tidal Basin, victim of the almost mythical murderer roaming the streets of London, the Devil of Tidal Basin. But why is another bandit (this one not of the killing, but of the robbing kind) suddenly sighted in Tidal Basin as well? Unfortunatel...
Pretty much a classic Edagar Wallace thingie. The plot is convoluted, the characters come and go. We have some kind of criminal who shows up at restaurants with a white mask covering his face. He robs people and disappears. We have a medical doctor who takes care of poor people. We have a lovely you...
It got better by the end as I liked the denouement. Clever... although will not be rushing to listen / read anymore.
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