Edward Phillips Oppenheim, crime novels Volume I (30 books)

Edward Phillips Oppenheim (22 October 1866 – 3 February 1946) was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers.

Oppenheim featured on the cover of Time magazine on September 12, 1927. He was the self-styled "prince of storytellers." He composed some one hundred and fifty novels, mainly of the suspense and international intrigue nature, but including romances, comedies, and parables of everyday life. He was the earliest writer of spy fiction as understood today, and invented the "Rogue Male" school of adventure thrillers that was later exploited by John Buchan and Geoffrey Household.

Undoubtedly his most renowned work was The Great Impersonation: it was filmed thrice, the last time as a strong piece of wartime propaganda. Perhaps Oppenheim's most enduring creation is the character of General Besserley,. Much of Oppenheim's work possesses a unique escapist charm, featuring protagonists who delight in Epicurean meals, surroundings of intense luxury, and the relaxed pursuit of criminal practice, on either side of the law.

In this ebook:

The Great Impersonation

The Zeppelin's Passenger

The Devil's Paw

The Avenger

An Amiable Charlatan

Jacob's Ladder

The Yellow House

The Cinema Murder

Anna the Adventuress

The Wicked Marquis

The Box with the Broken Seals

The Moving Finger

The Black Box

The Golden Web

The Great Secret

The Double Traitor

The Vanished Messenger

Havoc

The Pawns Count

The Yellow Crayon

The Mischief Maker

Mysterious Mr. Sabin

Jeanne of the Marshes

The Malefactor

A Lost Leader

The Survivor

The Great Prince Shan

Berenice

The Hillman

A Millionaire of Yesterday