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This is for readers who enjoy classic puzzle mysteries, quirky detectives and clues planted in plain sight, and who like a gentle hero with a sharp mind.
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Picture a snowy lane at night. A mounted policeman stops a car, and in its headlights lies an old man beaten to death. The policeman rides off for help and does not come back. Then out of the gloom steps a stooped figure in a flat hat and a yellow scarf, with a tightly furled umbrella on his arm.
Red Aces gathers three cases of this mild, gloomy investigator, written by Edgar Wallace. Reeder serves the Public Prosecutor and the banks, and he says he has a criminal mind. He sees the worst in every action, and that is why he is so often right. You get fast plots, dry humour and a man everyone underrates.
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- 1A jealous clerk and a secretive girlFree
- 2A dead man on a snowy lane
- 3The fortress cottage and the two aces
- 4A forged cheque and a gaming room
- 5A drunken Russian and a man with a grudge
- 6Missing men and a seaside invitation
- 7A barge, a smuggler and a young man in love
Point clé 1 sur 7
A jealous clerk and a secretive girl
Kenneth McKay counts other people's money at a bank in Beaconsfield. Every morning he rides a noisy motorcycle there from Marlow. His father George sits in a gaunt house by the river, brooding over a lost fortune. He spends his days with a deck of cards, working out what he calls inherent probabilities, or spinning a small roulette wheel.
Kenneth is deeply in love with Margot Lynn, who lives in London and will not say what she does for a living. She calls herself secretary to a businessman, yet she goes to the office only a few hours a week. One Sunday Kenneth walks into a wood near Burnham to photograph two fighting stoats. Instead he sees Margot with an elderly man whose arm rests on her shoulder. She refuses to explain. Then a letter arrives telling Kenneth never to see her again.
He pours out his troubles at the Leffingham Club to Rufus Machfield, a genial, pompous man with a flat in Park Lane. Kenneth admits he owes two hundred pounds, borrowed for his father. He adds that a detective named Reeder has been at the bank, because small sums have been going missing. Rufus listens kindly and invites him home to dinner.
Secrecy and trust pull against each other, and that pull drives the first case.
That’s 1 of 7 key points.
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- LengthAbout 63,800 words
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- LanguagesEnglish and 13 other languages
Questions about Les As rouges : trois affaires de M. Reeder
What is Red Aces by Edgar Wallace about?
It collects three cases of the detective J. G. Reeder: a murder in the snow marked by two playing cards, a swindle behind a series of disappearances, and a barge smuggler's murder on the Thames.
Who is Mr. J. G. Reeder?
Reeder is a stooped, polite investigator attached to the Public Prosecutor's Department and the banks. He wears a square hat, carries a furled umbrella, knows about poultry and claims his criminal mind helps him see crime.
What do the two aces mean in Red Aces?
The ace of diamonds and the ace of hearts are pinned to a dead man's door. Reeder believes they were placed there after the murder, and he treats them as a signal that points to a hidden past.
Is Red Aces a true story, and when was it written?
No, the three cases are fiction. Edgar Wallace wrote them in the earlier twentieth century, when he was producing popular thrillers at great speed, and they are set among banks, gaming rooms and the Thames.
Is Red Aces easy to read?
Yes, in the sense that the chapters are short and the plots move quickly. The dialogue is lively, the humour is gentle, and each case is self-contained, so you can enjoy one before starting the next.
Cite this edition
Wallace, Edgar. Red Aces: Being Three Cases of Mr. Reeder. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/red-aces-being-three-cases-of-mr-reeder.
Wallace, E. (2026). Red aces: Being three cases of Mr. Reeder. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/red-aces-being-three-cases-of-mr-reeder (Original work published 1929)
Wallace, Edgar. Red Aces: Being Three Cases of Mr. Reeder. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/red-aces-being-three-cases-of-mr-reeder.
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author = {Wallace, Edgar},
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publisher = {Library of Alexandria},
year = {2026},
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note = {First published 1929}
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