The Door with Seven Locks, Edgar Wallace
The Door with Seven Locks, Edgar Wallace
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The Door with Seven Locks

Author: Edgar Wallace

Narrator: John Rayburn

Unabridged: 6 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/07/2022


Synopsis

Dick Martin is leaving Scotland Yard. His final job, investigating a stolen book, takes him from a conversation with librarian Sybil Lansdown to a meeting with a Doctor Stalletti, who will become a key figure. Along the way, Martin becomes involved with a small-time crook—an expert at picking locks—who tells him about a recent lock-picking job that has made him quite nervous. But before he can pass along details, the lock-picker is murdered.Next, the retiring detective gets involved in a couple of seemingly unrelated incidents—the theft of an obscure book, and an assignment to chase after a very rich and very elusive young heir who is rarely seen. In the midst of all the chasing about, there is a desperate search underway for seven individual keys which, when all used together, can open a mysterious door in a family’s tomb.Doctor Stalletti is involved, clearly an unsympathetic and sinister character, suspected of carrying out unethical medical experiments, to say the least. There are glimpses of some powerful and dangerous creatures who may or may not be linked to the doctor. In addition, we’ll hear of librarian Lansdown’s unfortunate habit of getting herself into dangerous situations.

About Edgar Wallace

Edgar Wallace (1875–1932) was a prolific British crime writer, journalist, and playwright who wrote 175 novels, twenty-four plays, and countless articles in newspapers and journals. Over 160 films have been made of his novels, which is more than any other author. He is most famous today as the cocreator of King Kong, writing the early screenplay and story for the movie.

About John Rayburn

John Rayburn is a veteran of 62 years in broadcasting.  He served as a news/sports anchor and show host, and his TV newscast achieved the largest Share of Audience figures of any major-market TV newscast in the nation. John is a member of a Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Dfordoom on May 26, 2010

Combines a mystery thriller plot with considerable dashes of gothic horror, and just the faintest hint of science fiction. It’s a bizarre mix, but through sheer bravado Wallace somehow makes it work.......more

Goodreads review by Gerry on April 17, 2022

'The Door with Seven Locks' just about limps into the two-star class; it could well have been one-star but now and again there are entertaining passages, including some nice London ambience scenes, among the dross that is put across more often than not. I must confess I find Wallace's novels difficu......more

Goodreads review by Julie on September 02, 2020

This was a really fun read. Our detective, Dick Martin, is just retiring from Scotland Yard — or so he thinks — when he gets swept up in the mystery of The Door with Seven Locks. The fact that an attractive, intelligent, humorous young lady is attached to the mystery is just one reason he is very in......more

Goodreads review by antek on January 23, 2025

widać, że napisane przez chłopa......more

Goodreads review by Nova on September 17, 2023

La única razón por la cual este libro tiene tan baja calificación estriba en su mala traducción. Y eso, evidentemente, no es culpa del autor, pero es como lo he leído, y es como lo voy a criticar. No sé qué pasaba por la mente del traductor, si se estaba sobreponiendo a tamaña borrachera, o si estab......more