The crimson circle
By Edgar Wallace
Cover: Nocturne: Blue and Silver - Chelsea (1871), oil on wood by James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain (artist died 1903)
The Crimson Circle is a 1922 crime novel by the British writer Edgar Wallace. Scotland Yard tackle a secret league of blackmailers known as The Crimson Circle. The novel was first published in The People's Story Magazine, March 10, 1922. The first book edition in the UK was by Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1922; and the first US edition was by Doubleday, Doran & Co., New York, 1929.
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Table of contents
- 1: The Initiation
- 2: The Man Who Did Not Pay
- 3: The Girl Who Was Indifferent
- 4: Mr. Felix Marl
- 5: The Girl Who Ran
- 6: Chapter 6
- 7: The Stolen Idol
- 8: The Charge
- 9: Thalia in the Police Court
- 10: The Summons of The Crimson Circle
- 11: The Confession
- 12: The Pointed Boots
- 13: Mr. Marl Squeezes a Little More
- 14: Chapter 14
- 15: Thalia Joins the Gang
- 16: Mr. Marl Goes Out
- 17: The Blower of Bubbles
- 18: Chapter 18
- 19: Thalia Accepts an Offer
- 20: The Key of River House
- 21: River House
- 22: The Messenger of The Circle
- 23: The Woman in the Cupboard
- 24: Chapter 24
- 25: The Tenant of River House
- 26: The Bottle of Chloroform
- 27: Mr. Parr’s Mother
- 28: A Shot in the Night
- 29: “The Red Circle”
- 30: The Silencing of Froyant
- 31: Thalia Answers a Few Questions
- 32: A Trip to the Country
- 33: The Posters
- 34: Blackmailing a Government
- 35: Thalia Lunches with a Cabinet Minister
- 36: The Circle Meets
- 37: “I Will See You--If You Are Alive”
- 38: The Arrest of Thalia
- 39: A Prison Diet
- 40: The Escape
- 41: Chapter 41
- 42: Mother
- 43: The Story Continued