The Mind Of Mr. J. G. Reeder (Paperback)

by Edgar Wallace (Author) "THE day Mr. Reeder arrived at the Public Prosecutor's office was indeed a day of fate for Mr. Lambton Green, Branch Manager of the London..." (more)
Key Phrases: scratched his chin, Public Prosecutor, Ras Lal, Sir James (more...)

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'It was-but they have been doing lunatic things-what can you expect when a halfwitted weakling like Sidney Telfer is at the head of affairs? They underwrote three concerns last year that no brokerage business would have touched with a barge-pole, and they had to take up the shares. One was a lost treasure company to raise a Spanish galleon that sank three hundred years ago! But what really did happen yesterday morning?'

Product Details

• Paperback: 141 pages
• Publisher: Kessinger Publishing (June 30, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1419172867
• ISBN-13: 978-1419172861
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.4 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,002,152 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Not Wallace's Best, But Still Amusing, January 21, 2007

By	Chris Ward (Costa Rica) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

These short stories featuring the unassuming and nerdy J G Reeder are in the vein of better stories featuring Sherlock Holmes, Father Brown, and The Thinking Machine. Each is nicely, if predictably, plotted, and the writing is sometimes fun, but they don't have the narrative snap of Wallace's better work. So: if you like vintage mystery short stories, you may appreciate these, but read some GK Chesterton, AC Doyle and Jacques Futrelle first....

3.0 out of 5 stars An irritatingly successful detective, June 24, 2004

By	V.Harishankar "Harishankar" (India) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Mind Of Mr J Reeder (Paperback)

A shabby, weak-faced middle-aged man strikes terror in the hearts of criminals. J.G. Reeder, the self confessed "man-with-a-criminal-mind" is most irritating to a reader in the sense that his success is almost guaranteed! Sometimes you feel a little bit sorry for the criminals...

Twisting, thrilling, but nonetheless, a little disappointing. J.G. Reeder (in the service of the Public Prosecutor's Office) is not one who will capture the imagination of most detective fiction fans.