A movie set, a mysterious death and a note signed by 'The Head
Hunter', Edgar Wallace offers the ingredients for a thrilling detective
fiction.
Edgar Wallace, the original writer of King Kong and hundreds of
vintage crime, science fiction and adventure novels, created The
Avenger as a page-turning thriller about the mysterious death of
Francis Elmer, a dark secret and a movie set. The discovery of a
mysterious note signed 'The Head Hunter' lights up the chase for the
murderer and a further series of disappearances brings the urbane
detective, Captain Mike Brixan, to hunt for the hunter in a desperate
race against time. A classic crime thriller from a master movie
storyteller who was a multi-million copy selling author in his time.
FLAME TREE 451: From mystery to crime, supernatural to horror and
fantasy to science fiction, Flame Tree 451 offers a healthy diet of
werewolves and mechanical men, blood-lusty vampires, dastardly villains,
mad scientists, secret worlds, lost civilizations and escapist
fantasies. Discover a storehouse of tales gathered specifically for the
reader of the fantastic. Each book features a brand new biography and a
new glossary of Literary, Gothic and Victorian terms.