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The Daffodil Mystery is a 1920 thriller novel by the British writer Edgar Wallace. It features the detective Jack Tarling and his Chinese assistant Ling Chu. Adaptation. It was adapted into a West German film The Devil's Daffodil (1961), part of a long-running series of Wallace adaptations made by Rialto Film. References
- Thriller
- Edgar Wallace
- 1920
- Ward Lock
Odette Rider is fired by Thornton Lyne after rejecting his favors. Jack Tarling, a detective who has been working in China and just returned to London, visits his cousin Thorton Lyne at his store to discuss his cashier Milburgh's embezzlement.
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- Chapter I
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- Chapter IV
- Chapter V
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- Chapter VII
AN OFFER REJECTED
"I am afraid I don't understand you, Mr. Lyne." Odette Rider looked gravely at the young man who lolled against his opendesk. Her clear skin was tinted with the faintest pink, and there was inthe sober depths of those grey eyes of hers a light which would havewarned a man less satisfied with his own genius and power of persuasionthan Thornton Lyne. He was not looking at her face. His eyes were running approvingly overher perfect figure, noting the straightness of the back, the fine poiseof th...
THE HUNTER DECLINES HIS QUARRY
"This is Mr. Milburgh," said Lyne awkwardly. If Mr. Milburgh had heard the last words of his employer, his face didnot betray the fact. His smile was set, and not only curved the lips butfilled the large, lustreless eyes. Tarling gave him a rapid survey anddrew his own conclusions. The man was a born lackey, plump of face, baldof head, and bent of shoulder, as though he lived in a perpetual gestureof abasement. "Shut the door, Milburgh, and sit down. This is Mr. Tarling. Er—Mr.Tarling is—er—a...
THE MAN WHO LOVED LYNE
Two days later Thornton Lyne sat in his big limousine which was drawn upon the edge of Wandsworth Common, facing the gates of the gaol. Poet and poseurhe was, the strangest combination ever seen in man. Thornton Lyne was a store-keeper, a Bachelor of Arts, the winner of theMangate Science Prize and the author of a slim volume. The quality of thepoetry therein was not very great—but it was undoubtedly a slim volumeprinted in queerly ornate type with old-fashioned esses and wide margins.He was...
MURDER
Jack Tarling lay stretched upon his hard bed, a long cigarette-holderbetween his teeth, a book on Chinese metaphysics balanced on his chest,at peace with the world. The hour was eight o'clock, and it was the daythat Sam Stay had been released from gaol. It had been a busy day for Tarling, for he was engaged in a bank fraudcase which would have occupied the whole of his time had he not had alittle private business to attend to. This private matter was whollyunprofitable, but his curiosity had...
FOUND IN LYNE'S POCKET
"The London police are confronted with a new mystery, which has featuresso remarkable, that it would not be an exaggeration to describe thiscrime as the Murder Mystery of the Century. A well-known figure in LondonSociety, Mr. Thornton Lyne, head of an important commercial organisation,a poet of no mean quality, and a millionaire renowned for hisphilanthropic activities, was found dead in Hyde Park in the early hoursof this morning, in circumstances which admit of no doubt that he wasmost brut...
THE MOTHER OF ODETTE RIDER
The two men looked at one another in silence. "Well?" said the Commissioner at last. Tarling shook his head. "That's amazing," he said, and looked at the little slip of paper betweenhis finger and thumb. "You see why I am bringing you in," said the Commissioner. "If there is aChinese end to this crime, nobody knows better than you how to deal withit. I have had this slip translated. It means 'He brought this troubleupon himself.'" "Literally, 'self look for trouble,'" said Tarling. "But there...
THE WOMAN IN THE CASE
"May I keep this telegram?" asked Tarling. The woman nodded. He saw that she was nervous, ill at ease and worried. "I can't quite understand why Odette should not come," she said. "Isthere any particular reason?" "That I can't say," said Tarling. "But please don't let it worry you,Mrs. Rider. She probably changed her mind at the last moment and isstaying with friends in town." "Then you haven't seen her?" asked Mrs. Rider anxiously. "I haven't seen her for several days." "Is anything wrong?"...
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The Daffodil Mystery. Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (April 1, 1875–February 10, 1932) was a prolific British crime writer, journalist and playwright, who wrote 175 novels, 24 plays, and countless articles in newspapers and journals. Over 160 films have been made of his novels, more than any other author.
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