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100 1 _aWallace, Edgar,
_d1875-1932
245 1 0 _aRoom 13
246 1 _aRoom thirteen
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2025
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aWikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_13_(Wallace_novel)
500 _aRelease date is 2025-05-27
508 _aan anonymous Project Gutenberg volunteer
520 _a"Room 13" by Edgar Wallace is a novel written in the early 20th century. It appears to be a fast-paced crime thriller centered on an ex-convict, a reformed mastermind, and a revenge plot that tangles forged banknotes with a ruthless marriage scheme. The story’s key figures include Johnny Gray (recently released from Dartmoor), the devoted father Peter Kane, his daughter Marney, and the vindictive Emanuel Legge with his elusive son Jeff, the “Big Printer.” Expect shifting loyalties, blackmail, and a deadly cat-and-mouse across England’s prisons, suburbs, and hotels. The opening of the story follows Johnny Gray in Dartmoor, where prison gossip points to the notorious counterfeiter Jeff Legge. After Johnny receives word that Marney will marry “Major Floyd,” he is abruptly released and hurries to Peter Kane’s home, only to discover at the wedding that the groom is actually Jeff in disguise. Keeping calm to protect Peter, Johnny extracts information from Lila, a maid secretly working for the Legges, and confronts Emanuel on a train, where the old man tries to murder him by pushing him into a tunnel; Johnny survives and returns to London. Meanwhile, at their hotel, Jeff reveals his identity and vengeful purpose to Marney, who locks herself away as Jeff and Emanuel plot to regain control, with Lila’s sudden arrival hinting at fresh complications. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cLondon: John Long, Limited, 1924
653 _aDetective and mystery stories
653 _aEngland -- Fiction
653 _aEx-convicts -- Fiction
653 _aDetectives -- Fiction
653 _aReeder, J. G. (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
856 4 _uhttps://books.google.com/books?id=6vkTAAAAQAAJ
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76168
999 _c116893
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