The Man Who Knew
A Classic Mystery of Science, Money, and Murder.

Edgar Wallace is a bit of a hit-or-miss author for me. This short novel was a miss. I found myself flicking through until it got interesting but it never did.......more

Major characters: John Minute, wealthy mining magante Jasper Cole, his secretary Frank Merrill, his nephew May Nuttall, Frank's girlfriend Saul Arthur Mann, The Man Who Knew Rex Holland, a mysterious person Henry Crawley, a.k.a. Smith, a policeman Constable Wiseman Locale: England Synopsis: Wealthy John Minut......more

The title refers to a kind of savant character who researches and remembers facts about everyone and everything. It's somewhat misleading, though. (view spoiler)[The "Man who Knew" has completely the wrong end of the stick about what's going on, and even though the story follows his investigations, at the end anot (hide spoiler)]......more

Just as many non-sequiturs and loose ends as the other Wallaces I have read, but Mr Reeder is a great character which made this an enjoyable read.......more