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Cargando... La banda de la "rana". Serie Biblioteca de Oro 5 (1923)por Edgar Wallace
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Contenido enDelphi Complete Works of Edgar Wallace por Edgar Wallace (indirecto) Eve's Island / Kate, Plus 10 / The Crimson Circle / Double Dan / The Avenger / The Fellowship of the Frog / The Joker por edgar wallace The Ringer / The Black Abbot / The Fellowship of the Frog / The India-Rubber Men / The Green Archer por Edgar Wallace Tiene la adaptación
An elusive gang leader and his minions frighten London and frustrate Scotland Yard in this classic crime thriller. The secret organization whose members were known only as "the Frogs" was the subject of rumors and jokes--until serious crimes began to occur, one after another. The perpetrators, once caught, were found to bear tattooed frogs on their wrists and kept their mouths firmly shut, and the populace grew terrified of them. The police were frustrated by their fruitless efforts to track down the leader of this strange gang. Then an officer who was working undercover and had finally managed to come face-to-face with the frightening figure was killed. Now it's time for Detective Sergeant Elk of Scotland Yard to get involved. Fortunately, despite his shabby clothes, glum demeanor, and utter inability to get himself promoted, he's a sharper sleuth than he appears to be . . . From Edgar Wallace, an enormously popular figure in early twentieth-century crime fiction, this is an intriguing tale of a nameless threat and a cop determined to track him down. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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So, it seems there is a giant "fellowship" among the down and outs. A huge slice of the great unwashed, so to speak, have little frog tattoos on their wrists. They seem to engage in various acts of spontaneous crime and mayhem. But, the rabble are basically a front to distract from the more serious crimes carried out by the leaders of the frog fellowship. People are being murdered and so forth.
Richard Gordon, a prosecutor, and Sgt. Elk, set out to unmask the head frog and bring him to justice. But it seems that the Frog has some insiders at Scotland Yard, who help captured criminals escape and who help misdirect the forces of justice. Something like that.
Along the way, Gordon meets and falls in love with the shapely-limbed, Ella Bennett. There's something shady about Ella's father, John Bennett of Horsham, and her brother seems to get into the clutches of unscrupulous people, primarily through his infatuation with Lola Bassano, who is married to a second-rate, ex pugilist, Lew Brady, but who manages to keep Ray in the dark about this. Then, there's Philo Johnson, who seems to be a clerk for Ezra Maitland, a miserly tycoon. Johnson is also a friend of Ray, who works for Maitland at the beginning of this book, and is also infatuated with Ella.
Well, I've probably left a bunch of stuff out, but clearly, the relationships are convoluted, and straightening them all out will take some time. Wonderful fun!
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