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Il cerchio scarlatto (1922)

di Edgar Wallace

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1895142,784 (3.54)10
A shadowy figure controls a cabal of criminals that could bring London to its knees In the black of night, a gang of workmen gather in the forest of France to assemble a guillotine. They open a few bottles of wine as they work, and one hammers a nail into the wrong spot. At dawn, the nail blocks the blade, and a prisoner survives to escape his fate. Many years later, that nail will doom more than a dozen men. In London, a ruined financier stands on the verge of committing suicide. He is contemplating a fatal dram of poison when he hears a voice behind him offering money enough to clear his debts in exchange for complete and total obedience. Thus a new member is initiated into the sprawling criminal organization known as the Crimson Circle. Its members don't know one another, and none knows their ruler's face--but he knows them, and he will use his power to shake Britain to its very core. This ebook features a new introduction by Otto Penzler and has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.… (altro)
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  Murtra | May 4, 2021 |
The Crimson Circle is a quick, competent crime novel by Edgar Wallace about a crime organization called The Crimson Circle terrorizing London.

Tasked with the job of finding the mastermind orchestrating the organization's criminal deeds are Inspector Parr and "psychic detective" Derrick Yale, who find themselves seemingly befuddled by the plague of unsolvable extortions and murders sweeping the city. Tangled up in the investigations are the young Jack Beardsman whose own father is targeted by the criminal organization, and the mysterious young Thalia Drummond for whom Jack carries a torch.

The mystery is plotted well, the pace keeps the reader's interest, and the ultimate resolution, while slightly far-fetched, is not wholly unbelievable. Some of Wallace's crime fiction can be overly convoluted and haphazard, but The Crimson Circle is definitely one of his more well-crafted works. ( )
  smichaelwilson | Jun 26, 2019 |
One should never wait for more than a few hours before writing up a review/synopsis of an Edgar Wallace tale. They're so convoluted one can hardly remember what happened just a few days later on. At least that's the case for those us with "mature" minds. Whatever, Wallace is always supremely entertaining, and invariably results in a Good Read.

In this case, a mysterious entity (person?) known as the Crimson Circle is about the business of extorting money from rich folks. Unless the money shows up where and when dictated, said folks will be murdered. And...they are! It seems that the head of the Crimson Circle has a host of henchmen (henchpeople?) to assist him, but none of them really knows another, nor do they know who is giving out the orders. How to unravel it all?

So, the police work away on this, partly assisted by a private detective, who effects to be a proponent of psychometry. He can hold a spoon, or something, and tell you about the person associated with the spoon, or some such.

Anyway, we have Jack Beardmore, whose father was one of the murdered. He gets involved with the investigation, which is being spearheaded by Insp. Parr. The mysterious psychometric detective, Derrick Yale, hangs around to help. They keep running into Thalia Drummond, who is reputed to be "a crook and companion of crooks". Jack is smitten by Thallia and can't believe her alleged criminal behavior.

Well, anyway, we have interesting characters, shady goings on, unearthing skulduggery from the past and so on. Eventually, all is laid bare. A good read [should be given *** ].

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  lgpiper | Jun 21, 2019 |
The Crimson Circle is signed to extortion letters, and a wealthy man who refuses to pay is shot just outside his own house despite being guarded. A policeman, an amateur detective, and the man's son investigate. ( )
  antiquary | Sep 11, 2016 |
Really this book deserves 2 1/2 stars... It was a servicable mystery but I figured out who The Crimson Circle was about 2/3 in & also deduced most of the other twist as well. Generally I am not good at solving mysteries before the detective, so I view my ability to solve this one as a sign that it wasn't that difficult. I enjoyed the characters & again I found Wallace's work to be surprisingly undated (well, undated in the sense it could have been written in the 1950's instead of the 1910's but not in 2010).

I found "The Clue of the Twisted Candle" to be overall a better mystery, so if this is your first taste of Wallace I would recommend trying that before giving up on him. ( )
  leslie.98 | Jun 26, 2013 |
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Nome dell'autoreRuoloTipo di autoreOpera?Stato
Wallace, Edgarautore primariotutte le edizioniconfermato
Azambuja, DarcyTraduttoreautore secondarioalcune edizioniconfermato
Hofschuster, Friedrich A.A cura diautore secondarioalcune edizioniconfermato
Müller, GregorTraduttoreautore secondarioalcune edizioniconfermato
Nyman, VäinöTraduttoreautore secondarioalcune edizioniconfermato
Oliveira, Maria Antónia Gomes deTraduttoreautore secondarioalcune edizioniconfermato
Pinto, Cândido CostaImmagine di copertinaautore secondarioalcune edizioniconfermato
Schlück, ThomasFotografoautore secondarioalcune edizioniconfermato
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It is a ponderable fact that had not the 29th of a certain September been the anniversary of Monsieur Victor Pallion's birth, there would have been no Crimson Circle mystery; a dozen men, now dead, would in all probability be alive, and Thalia Drummond would certainly never have been described by a dispassionate inspector of police as "a thief and the associate of thieves."
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A shadowy figure controls a cabal of criminals that could bring London to its knees In the black of night, a gang of workmen gather in the forest of France to assemble a guillotine. They open a few bottles of wine as they work, and one hammers a nail into the wrong spot. At dawn, the nail blocks the blade, and a prisoner survives to escape his fate. Many years later, that nail will doom more than a dozen men. In London, a ruined financier stands on the verge of committing suicide. He is contemplating a fatal dram of poison when he hears a voice behind him offering money enough to clear his debts in exchange for complete and total obedience. Thus a new member is initiated into the sprawling criminal organization known as the Crimson Circle. Its members don't know one another, and none knows their ruler's face--but he knows them, and he will use his power to shake Britain to its very core. This ebook features a new introduction by Otto Penzler and has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.

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