Edgar Wallace 
Töchter der Nacht 

Töchter der Nacht Edgar Wallace – Jim Bartholomew hat sich schon in jungen Jahren zum Direktor einer Band emporgearbeitet. Sein Freund Frank Cameron vertraut ihm ein Schmuckstück seiner Frau zur Aufbewahrung an: eine Kopie des berühmten Rings Die Töchter der Nacht, der aus dem Louvre in Paris entwendet wurde. Da Bartholomew einen Überfall auf die Bank befürchtet, überlässt er seinem Assistenten Stephan Sanderson seine Waffe. Kurz darauf wird Sanderson erschossen, mit Bartholomews Revolver. Inspektor Brown ist ratlos.

A propos de l’auteur

Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (1875-1932) was a prolific British crime writer, journalist and playwright, who wrote 175 novels, 24 plays, and countless articles in newspapers and journals.Over 160 films have been made of his novels, more than any other author. In the 1920s, one of Wallace’s publishers claimed that a quarter of all books read in England were written by him.He is most famous today as the co-creator of ‘King Kong’, writing the early screenplay and story for the movie, as well as a short story ‘King Kong’ (1933) credited to him and Draycott Dell. He was known for the J. G. Reeder detective stories, The Four Just Men, the Ringer, and for creating the Green Archer character during his lifetime.