The Angel of Terror (Dodo Press) (Paperback)

from nmele

I have been wanting to read one or two of Edgar Wallace's novels for some time to see what all the fuss was about in his day. This tale of an amoral but beautiful woman and her victims was surprisingly timeless and entertaining, just perfect for a day of airplane travel after days of fatiguing me...

from Carl_Alves

I generally find that novels written from a century or more ago don't generally translate well today. All of it has to do with storytelling style, which was often archaic from that time period with poor dialogue and technique that wouldn't fly today. But I found The Angel of Terror to be a compel...

from Mikalina

The combination of a set of black-and-white characters put in a story with a plot which credibility leaked as water through a sieve, read by a flat elaborated bored voice, was more than disappointing. Both plot and reading was so bad that I was fascinated by the fact, enough to listen through, le...

from Liz1564

Oh, my. This book is a great example of how mysteries have evolved since 1922. It still is primarily intrepid hero saves innocent heroine from dastardly villains, but there are indications that times may be changing. The hero, noble and ethical solicitor Jack Glover, has managed to drag too-innoc...