{"product_id":"book-k0ps","title":"Edgar Wallace: A Classic BBC Radio Crime Collection","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA collection of the surviving radio crime dramas from ‘The King of Thrillers’\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEdgar Wallace was a bestselling author, journalist, playwright and film director, and the creator of King Kong. A prolific writer and celebrity superstar, he was thought to be responsible for a quarter of all new books read in Britain by the late 1920s. Presented here are full-cast adaptations of four of his classic crime novels, readings of four short detective stories, and a vintage recording of Wallace reading one of his own stories. Tying them all together is linking commentary from \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEdgar Wallace: The Man Who Wrote Too Much?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, a documentary celebration of his life and work presented by crime writer Mark Billingham.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRinger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e – Seeking revenge for his sister’s death, vigilante and master of disguise ‘The Ringer’ returns from the dead to target shady lawyer Herbert Meister. Can Scotland Yard catch the legendary assassin before he exacts his vengeance? \u003cb\u003eDavid Davis\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eAlexander John\u003c\/b\u003e star in this tense thriller.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Mind of Mr JG Reeder\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e – Unassuming civil servant Mr JG Reeder has the mind of a criminal, which he uses to solve four baffling mysteries in 1920s London. ‘The Poetical Policeman’ sees him tackling a bank robbery and a nightwatchman's death; ‘The Troupe’ finds him probing a jewellery fraud with a theatrical link; in ‘The Green Mamba’ he thwarts a notorious villain, and in ‘The Strange Case’, he sets out to uncover the truth behind the death of a government minister. Read by \u003cb\u003eDavid Horovitch\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn the Spot \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e– Set in 1920s Chicago during Prohibition, Edgar Wallace’s most famous play centres around Tony Perelli, a gangland boss who loads ‘his women with jewels and the coffins of his enemies with orchids’. But Chief of Police John Kelly is after him, determined to see him hang for murder… Starring \u003cb\u003ePeter Woodthorpe\u003c\/b\u003e as Perelli and \u003cb\u003eTrevor Martin\u003c\/b\u003e as Kelly.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Man in the Ditch \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e– A vintage recording from 1928 of \u003cb\u003eEdgar Wallace\u003c\/b\u003e reading his own short story of murder, intrigue and gangland vengeance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Case of the Frightened Lady\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e – The ancestral home of Lord Lebanon, Mark’s Priory, is the scene of two murders. Inspector Tanner goes down to investigate and is confronted by a terrified young woman… Starring \u003cb\u003eSimon Lack, Lewis Stringer, William Eedle\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eValerie White\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Green Pack\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e – West Africa, 1931. When wealthy investor Louis Creet cheats three young explorers out of their rightful share in the goldmine they discovered, they make a deadly pact. Soon after, he is found shot – but did one of them really murder him? \u003cb\u003eDavid Timson, Paul Gaymon, Peter Egan\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eFrancis de Wolff\u003c\/b\u003e star.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNB: These stories are set in the 1920s and 1930s, and contain some discriminatory language and attitudes that were perhaps typical of the time. Due to the age and off-air nature of the recordings, the sound quality may vary.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCopyright © Edgar Wallace 1925 (\u003ci\u003eThe Mind of Mr JG Reeder\u003c\/i\u003e), 1929 (\u003ci\u003eThe Ringer\u003c\/i\u003e), 1930 (\u003ci\u003eOn the Spot\u003c\/i\u003e), 1931 (\u003ci\u003eThe Case of the Frightened Lady\u003c\/i\u003e), 1933 (\u003ci\u003eThe Green Pack\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e© 2025 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) © 2025 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin UK","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49646058045744,"sku":"BDk0ps","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/664995-k0ps-Square.jpg?v=1742641702","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-k0ps","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}