Edgar Wallace
Mr. Justice Maxell
language
(A. J. Cornell Publications Jan. 4, 2013)
In Edgar Wallace’s “Mr. Justice Maxell” (1922), a judge sentences a former business associate—an unscrupulous financier—to a long prison sentence. After the shady moneyman escapes from custody, the judge disappears! Has there been a murder? The trail leads to Paris and then Monaco, where the truth is revealed.
About the author:
Edgar Wallace (1875-1932) was a prolific English novelist, screenwriter, and playwright. He wrote the screenplay for the movie King Kong, which was made shortly after his death. Other works include the “Four Just Men” series, “The Secret House,” and “The Man Who Knew.”