02481cam a22003613u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000310011324500180014426400510016230000470021333600260026033700260028633800360031250000880034850000310043650801950046752011340066253400620179665300340185865300250189265300210191765300570193885600620199585600430205799900190210072316UtSlPG20260610134655.0mcr n260607r20231908utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPR1 aWallace, Edgar,d1875-193210aAngel Esquire 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2023  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aWikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_Esquire_(novel)  aRelease date is 2023-12-04  aEmmanuel Ackerman, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)  a"Angel Esquire" by Edgar Wallace is a mystery novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around Angel Esquire, an unorthodox officer at Scotland Yard, who is embroiled in a complex investigation involving a hidden fortune, a cryptic verse, and a series of nefarious characters, including the cunning Jimmy Stannard and the dubious Patrick Connor. The plot combines elements of intrigue, suspense, and crime as these characters navigate their way through a web of deception and greed.  The opening of the novel introduces the reader to the concept of a great safe that contains the fortune of the deceased gambler, Old Reale. It details the reading of Old Reale’s will, revealing that several characters, including Jimmy Stannard and members of the notorious "Borough Lot" gang, are in pursuit of his wealth, the secret of which lies within a doggerel verse acting as a cryptogram. Tensions rise as various characters, driven by their ambitions, prepare to outsmart one another, setting the stage for a thrilling and unpredictable tale filled with twists and turns. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cNew York: A. L. Burt Company, 1908  aDetective and mystery stories  aCriminals -- Fiction  aWills -- Fiction  aGreat Britain. Metropolitan Police Office -- Fiction4 uhttps://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.3243505928247540uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/72316  c113041d113041