Edgar Wallace is a famous English writer, poet, playwright, and historian. In the early 20th century, he conquered the whole world with his detective novels. His books were considered refined and highly intellectual. Later, the detective stories of the celebrated novelist were published for a long time no more. They became a bibliographic rarity passed down from generation to generation.
In the novel “Hotel by the River Thames,” the action takes place in London at the beginning of the 20th century. A wave of daring robberies committed by an international gang, and a mysterious murder of a millionaire in his own home—uncovering these crimes is incredibly difficult, even more so because, time and again, a woman stands in the way of the investigation…