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La brigada móvil
El arroyo que corre entre el canal y el río pasa por debajo de Lady's Stairs, una caótica casa de madera habitada por Li Yoseph.
La policía sabe que Yoseph es un contrabandista. Sus vecinos, en cambio, creen que es rico y excéntrico. Pero de lo que no necesitan pruebas es de que Li Yoseph está rematadamente loco.
Ann Perryman tenía un hermano llamado Ronnie, que ha muerto asesinado. En busca de pistas llega a Lady's Stairs en mala compañía. Mark McGill y el histérico Tisel están dispuestos a ayudarla.
La teoría de McGill es que el inspector Bradley, de Scotland Yard, es responsable de la muerte de Ronnie. Y Li Yoseph lo confirma.
Pero entonces Yoseph desaparece sin dejar rastro.
La policía sabe que Yoseph es un contrabandista. Sus vecinos, en cambio, creen que es rico y excéntrico. Pero de lo que no necesitan pruebas es de que Li Yoseph está rematadamente loco.
Ann Perryman tenía un hermano llamado Ronnie, que ha muerto asesinado. En busca de pistas llega a Lady's Stairs en mala compañía. Mark McGill y el histérico Tisel están dispuestos a ayudarla.
La teoría de McGill es que el inspector Bradley, de Scotland Yard, es responsable de la muerte de Ronnie. Y Li Yoseph lo confirma.
Pero entonces Yoseph desaparece sin dejar rastro.
360 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 1928
About the author
Edgar Wallace
2,688 books274 followersRichard 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.
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.
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June 20, 2019
Hero is a copper, a terror to the drug dealing underworld, who disrupts the networks of drug smuggling through the flying squad. Heroine is a well bred young lady of the right sort who, nevertheless, works for the drug smugglers. She’s bitter, you see, because she thinks Hero killed her brother in a drug raid. Of course they love each other, how could they not? They are both total lunkheads. Heroine thinks those bags of white powder she moves are saccharine. Hero just sees a pretty figure and a sassy attitude, and destroys evidence and does the other stupid stuff a gaga copper does to protect his woman. Now, if she would only stop thinking she hates him.
There are other plot elements involving dirty lawyers, and Scooby-Doo level hauntings. They don’t amount to much. This is the tale of two people who brave impossible odds and common sense to find each other, marry, and run a plantation in Brazil.
I have read good Edgar Wallace. This isn’t it.
There are other plot elements involving dirty lawyers, and Scooby-Doo level hauntings. They don’t amount to much. This is the tale of two people who brave impossible odds and common sense to find each other, marry, and run a plantation in Brazil.
I have read good Edgar Wallace. This isn’t it.
April 25, 2018
Una complicada historia con una subtrama de amor sacada de la manga, una heroína con poca gracia, un policía sin personalidad, un mafioso nervioso y otro calmado, junto con un personaje desaparecido, forman una novela que no resulta tan recomendable como otras del autor.
November 17, 2022
it started really good but got bad at the end it had so much potential but the story wasn’t written well
November 11, 2023
Takes a while to get going
July 31, 2024
A briskly written adventure story, the psychological torment elements raising it above the risk of being a romantic pot-boiler.
August 26, 2025
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May 1, 2015
This book made very little sense. It just ran in circles, very little actually happened. And Anna... good grief, she was so naive, no, stupid is a better word. She loved to play at being a smuggler - yet it was all a game to her, it's like she never really understood that she was doing unlawful things and when she was arrested, she was actually surprised that she could end up in jail. Her idiocy hurt! And then Bradley mentioned Brasil and that's when the book totally jumped the shark. Wow. What was even the point of it?
August 16, 2011
Typical fun from Edgar Wallace, this time with a girl mixed up with a gang of drug smugglers. Not a whoduit but there is a reveal at the end, but it was blatantly obvious and rather silly.
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February 5, 2012A.L. Burt, 1928
December 6, 2012
More of a suspense story than a mystery. Good quick read.
October 24, 2015
very enjoyable, although is a reflection of the time in which it was written.
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