The other Man by Edgar Wallace

A wealthy businessman is murdered and the main suspect is a man who was seen arguing with him earlier that day. However, the suspect has an airtight alibi and it becomes clear that someone else must have committed the crime. As the investigation unfolds, it emerges that the victim had many secrets and enemies, and the killer could be anyone from his wife to his business partners.

By Edgar Wallace · First published 1922 · Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Crime · 34 chapters · 77,662 words

First lines

It was a bad night in London, not wild or turbulent, but swathed to the eyes like an Eastern woman in a soft grey garment of fog. It engulfed the walled canyons of the city through which the traffic had roared all day, plugged up the maze of dark side streets, and blotted out the open squares. Close to the ground it was thick, viscous, impenetrable, so that one could not see a yard ahead, and walked ghostlike, adventuring into a strange world.

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• Work type: Novel
• Author: Edgar Wallace
• Date: 1922 CE
• Language: English
• Genres: Mystery, Thriller, Crime, Detective Fiction
• Length: 77,662 words
• Structure: 34 chapters, 2,423 paragraphs
• Reading fit: Easy (6th Grade)

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Genres

• Mystery — The narrative revolves around solving a crime or unraveling secrets.
• Thriller — The plot is designed to build suspense and excitement.
• Crime — The story involves criminal activities and law enforcement.
• Detective Fiction — The protagonist is a detective who investigates and solves a crime.

Tags

Mystery · Thriller · Crime Fiction · Suspense · Detective Story · Murder Mystery · Investigation · Police Procedural · Whodunit · Classic Detective · Vintage Crime · British Literature

Contents

• N. H. C
• A BUSINESS CONSULTATION
• IN WHICH A CERTAIN MOMENTOUS QUESTION IS ASKED
• WHICH RELATES TO A NEWSPAPER SUICIDE
• COUNT POLTAVO OFFERS HIS SERVICES
• A STRANGER COMES TO BURGOS
• SOME DISAPPEARANCES
• THE AMBASSADOR TAKES A HAND
• INTRODUCING T. B. SMITH
• THE ANTICIPATORS
• AT BRONTE'S BANK
• MURDER
• HYATT
• SIR GEORGE DINES
• THE DANCING GIRL
• MARY BROWN
• DEPORTATION
• IN THE "JOURNAL" OFFICE
• THE BOOK
• AT THE ADMIRALTY
• POLTAVO STRIKES
• THE CONVICT FROM CEUTA
• THE HOUSE ON THE HILL
• THE NINE BEARS
• IN THE GARDEN
• T. B. SMITH REPORTS
• THE LOST WARSHIP
• THE "MARIA BRAGANZA"
• A MATTER OF INSURANCE
• THE "MAD WARSHIP"
• THE FLIGHT
• POLTAVO LEAVES HURRIEDLY
• AT "LOLO"
• THE LAST OF THE NINE

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• Sanders of the River (1911)
• The Twister (1928)
• Big Foot (1927)
• The Dark Eyes of London (1924)
• The Devil Man (1931)
• The Law of the Four Just Men (1921)
• The Joker (1926)
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