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THE NOVELS OF

EDGAR WALLACE

The Daily Mail says: “It is impossible not to be

thrilled by Edgar Wallace. Mr. Wallace has, in an

exceptional degree, the capacity to keep his readers on

tenter-hooks. His plots are always clever; his resources

of imagination unrivalled.”

CAPTAINS OF SOULS

THE MISSING MILLION

ROOM 13

THE FACE IN THE NIGHT

A KING BY NIGHT

THE MAN FROM MOROCCO

THE AVENGER

Other new long representative novels by

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of JOHN LONG, Ltd. LONDON

THE AVENGER

By

EDGAR WALLACE

TENTH EDITION

London

John Long, Limited

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Made and Printed

in Great Britain

Copyright, 1926, by

John Long, Limited

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CONTENTS

I.THE HEAD-HUNTER

II.MR. SAMPSON LONGVALE CALLS

III.THE NIECE

IV.THE LEADING LADY

V.MR. LAWLEY FOSS

VI.THE MASTER OF GRIFF

VII.THE SWORDS AND BHAG

VIII.BHAG

IX.THE ANCESTOR

X.THE OPEN WINDOW

XI.THE MARK ON THE WINDOW

XII.A CRY FROM A TOWER

XIII.THE TRAP THAT FAILED

XIV.MENDOZA MAKES A FIGHT

XV.TWO FROM THE YARD

XVI.THE BROWN MAN FROM NOWHERE

XVII.MR. FOSS MAKES A SUGGESTION

XVIII.THE FACE IN THE PICTURE

XIX.THE MIDNIGHT VISIT

XX.A NARROW ESCAPE

XXI.THE ERASURE

XXII.THE HEAD

XXIII.CLUES AT THE TOWER

XXIV.THE MARKS OF THE BEAST

XXV.THE MAN IN THE CAR

XXVI.THE HAND

XXVII.THE CAVES

XXVIII.THE TOWER

XXIX.BHAG’S RETURN

XXX.THE ADVERTISEMENT

XXXI.JOHN PERCIVAL LIGGITT

XXXII.GREGORY’S WAY

XXXIII.THE TRAP THAT FAILED

XXXIV.THE SEARCH

XXXV.WHAT HAPPENED TO ADELE

XXXVI.THE ESCAPE

XXXVII.AT THE TOWER AGAIN

XXXVIII.THE CAVERN OF BONES

XXXIX.MICHAEL KNOWS FOR SURE

XL.“THE WIDOW”

XLI.THE DEATH

XLII.CAMERA!

The Avenger