Wednesday, March 07, 2007

Favourite mystery cover #16

The Ringer by Edgar Wallace.

First published 1925; cover shown is the 1948 Pan Books (UK) paperback edition. 'The Ringer' was originally published under the title of 'The Gaunt Stranger'.

Edgar Wallace (1875 - 1932) wrote and published over 100 novels. He dreamed up some amazing titles for his thrillers, adventure stories and mysteries, such as: 'The Fellowship of the Frog', 'The Hairy Arm', 'The Man Who Was Nobody' and 'Death Packs a Suitcase'.

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