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A daring robbery needs nerve and perfect timing. But what happens when a patient detective refuses to let go?
In Kate Plus 10, Edgar Wallace sets a clever criminal leader against a determined officer of the law. A large robbery lies at the centre of their contest. Behind it stands an organised enterprise, where planning, timing and discipline matter as much as daring. Against that order comes the steady pressure of pursuit.
Wallace keeps the contest moving through short chapters, plain sentences and scenes that push the plot forward. The pleasure lies in watching two sharp minds test each other: criminal nerve on one side, patience and observation on the other. Beneath the chase sits a question: how far can cleverness carry someone outside the law?
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- Crime planned like business Explore a criminal scheme that depends on order, discipline and the nerve to act.
- A detective who persists Follow a determined officer whose patience and observation challenge a clever criminal opponent.
- Two minds in contest Enjoy the tension as careful planning meets a pursuit that will not let go.
- The limits of cleverness Consider how far intelligence can carry a person who chooses to work outside the law.
- A brisk, direct style Let short chapters and plain sentences draw you through a daring plan and its pursuit.
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- A crime planned like a business
- The detective who will not let go
- Daring, risk and the cost of cleverness
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Kate Plus 10
by Edgar Wallace · 1919
A clever criminal leader plans a bold robbery as a relentless detective fights for the upper hand.
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A crime planned like a business
Wallace builds the story around a criminal enterprise that works with order and nerve. The title itself hints at a leader and a band of helpers, and the book treats crime as a scheme that needs planning, timing and discipline.
This was a favourite idea for Wallace. He liked villains who were intelligent and organised, and who stayed calm while others panicked. Such a leader makes a strong opponent, because every move seems to have been thought out long before the reader sees it.
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What is Kate Plus 10 about?
It is a crime novel about a clever criminal leader and a determined detective, with a large robbery at the centre of their contest. It follows the planning, the pursuit and the pressure on those involved.
Who wrote Kate Plus 10 and when?
Edgar Wallace wrote it, and it was first published in 1919. Wallace was an English author who produced a very large number of thrillers and detective stories in the early twentieth century.
Is Kate Plus 10 a true story?
No, it is a work of fiction. Wallace worked as a journalist and knew crime reporting well, but his novels are invented plots built to entertain.
The author
Edgar Wallace
1875–1932 · British crime writer
Edgar Wallace was a hugely prolific British writer of thrillers and crime fiction who later co-created the story for King Kong. The Adventures of Heine follows Heine, a German secret agent, through a series of comic misadventures in Britain during the First World War.
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