The criminal Thery is recruited in its introduction. Its author was bankrupted when his competition to "guess [its] murder method" failed to limit the number of winners. The title characters previously assassinated General Tr
The criminal Thery is recruited in its introduction. Its author was bankrupted when his competition to "guess [its] murder method" failed to limit the number of winners. The title characters previously assassinated General Trelovitch, a Servian regicide, a French controller-general with 100 guards, and Hermon le Blois, for corrupting youth with his reasoning, before threatening to kill Sir Philip Ramon, an English cabinet minister intending to extradite Manuel Garcia, a threat they make good on. For 10 points name this 1905 work by Edgar Wallace, depicting vigilantes including George Manfred and Raymond Poiccart, who kill Ramon in a "locked room" mystery.
The criminal Thery is recruited in its introduction. Its author was bankrupted when his competition to "guess [its] murder method" failed to limit the number of winners.