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Adventure. Thrillers. Mystery. Detective. Book 4: 1. Room 13; 2. The Mind of Mr. J. G. Reeder; 3. Terror Keep; 4. Red Aces; 5. The Crook in Crimson; 6. The Guv'nor and Other Short Stories.
Mr. J. G. Reeder series:
1. Room 13
Recently released from prison, John Gray visits his old friend Peter Kane. Although it is the day of his daughter's wedding, Kane agrees to an audience with Emanuel Legg, the criminal and cop-killer with whom he has some business. Gray wanders into the garden and a tornado of fury sweeps through him. The debonair Major Floyd, the new husband to whom Kane has entrusted his precious daughter, is a fraudster of the most sinister kind.
2. The Mind of Mr. J. G. Reeder
At first glance J G Reeder is an ordinary, slightly shabby little man with red hair, weak eyes, whiskers, square-toed boots and a chest protector cravat. However, working for the Public Prosecutor he finds plenty to stretch his extraordinary mind. Here are eight thrilling, highly original tales from one of the greatest talents ever applied to detective fiction.
3. Terror Keep
Detective JG Reeder and his attractive secretary, Margaret Belman, almost suffered the wrath of John Flack, an unusual villain who pairs maniacal insanity with genius.
Detective and criminal are well matched and the reader is kept in the dark about the outcome of this deadly duel for a long time.
4. Red Aces
J. G. Reeder is a shabby little man with red hair and weak eyes. However, his extraordinary mind is rapier sharp. Here are three thrilling episodes torn from his casebook: “Red Aces,” about a man who gambles high and lives in fear; “Kennedy the Con Man” reveals the impeccable mask stripped from a fiend, and finally, “The Case of Jo Attymer,” a thoroughly intriguing mystery involving murder on London's Thames.
5. The Crook in Crimson
«IN the dusk of the evening the waterman brought his skiff under the overhanging hull of the Baltic steamer and rested on his oars, the little boat rising and falling gently in the swell of the river. A grimy, unshaven, second officer looked down from the open porthole and spat thoughtfully into the water. Apparently he did not see the swarthy-faced waterman with the tuft of grey beard, and as apparently the waterman was oblivious of his appearance».
6. The Guv'nor and Other Short Stories
The Guv'nor and Other Short Stories (Collins,1932) is a short story compilation by the British crime writer Edgar Wallace.
These are the final stories about Mr. J. G. Reeder, a police officer with "the mind of a criminal". They include:
"The Guv'nor"
"The Man Who Passed" ("The Man from Sing Sing")
"The Shadow Man"
"The Treasure House"