{"product_id":"the-terror-detective-club-crime-classics-9780008137571","title":"The Terror (Detective Club Crime Classics)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe sensational novel which launched Collins Detective Story Club in 1929 was by Edgar Wallace  who wrote more crime stories in the 1920s  and more films  than any other author. This new edition of The Terror  with its original jacket artwork  also includes another classic Wallace text  White Face. A dangerous gang of criminals is imprisoned after a daring robbery  although the ringleader who masterminded the crime disappears with the loot. Finally released after ten years behind bars  they are out for vengeance on the man who betrayed them  and the trail leads to a lonely house haunted by organ music and the spectre of a hooded figure who prowls its dark corridors. The Terror began life as a stage play  then a film  and finally the book that began Collins Detective Story Club in July 1929. This new edition also includes White Face  the other crime novel Wallace adapted from one of his own plays. A doctor finds a man murdered in a seedy part of London. The police suspect a notorious master of disguise known as White Face  and the doctor enlists a reporter to help him track down and unmask the elusive killer. This Detective Story Club classic is introduced by award-winning crime novelist and mystery genre expert Martin Edwards  author of the acclaimed The Golden Age of Murder.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45921845837877,"sku":"ByrdShop_0008137579","price":239.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780008137571.jpg?v=1787606177","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-terror-detective-club-crime-classics-9780008137571","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}