The Clue of the Twisted Candle
by Edgar Wallace
Newly-wed crime author John Lexman runs into slight financial difficulties, which bring him into the orbit of a a shady money lender and Lexman’s even more shady new friend, Remington Kara.
Meeting these men soon lands Lexman in deeper trouble than he could ever have imagined.
Lexman’s new bride, Grace, and his old friend, Scotland Yard detective T.X. Meredith, set out to prove Lexman’s innocence.
One of the greatest locked-room mysteries, The Clue of the Twisted Candle is a hugely influential book as well as an enormously entertaining one.
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