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What if the most dangerous secret is not what someone has done, but who she really is?
In The Strange Countess, Edgar Wallace draws a young woman into a web of deception, hidden identities and dark secrets. Family names and titles carry weight, but they offer no sure guide to the truth. Behind the promise of rank and an old family lies a mystery in which appearances demand a second look.
This is a crime story built for readers who want a brisk plot and a puzzle to turn over. Identity sits at its heart: the question is not simply what happens, but who people really are. Old secrets matter as much as weapons, and danger grows as the story moves forward.
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- A young woman caught Follow a young woman through deception, where hidden identities make appearances hard to trust.
- The puzzle of identity Look beyond names and titles to consider who a person might really be.
- Secrets behind social rank Enter a mystery where an old family name can matter as much as a weapon.
- Danger that keeps growing Feel the pressure build as the fast plot brings dark secrets into play.
- A classic crime puzzle Enjoy a mystery that gives you questions to weigh while keeping the story moving.
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La Comtesse étrange
by Edgar Wallace · 1925
A young woman is caught in a web of deception where hidden identities and family secrets spell danger.
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Wallace wrote thrillers at astonishing speed
Edgar Wallace was one of the most widely read British authors of his day. He wrote novels, plays and newspaper pieces in huge numbers, and he was known for dictating stories at great speed. Readers knew his name the way later readers know the names of film studios.
He is remembered for The Four Just Men, for the Sanders of the River tales set in colonial Africa, and for his work on the screenplay of the film King Kong. That mix shows his range. He moved easily between detective stories, adventure and the stage.
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Who wrote The Strange Countess?
The Strange Countess was written by Edgar Wallace, a British author of crime and adventure fiction who died in 1932. He was among the most productive and widely read thriller writers of his time.
What kind of book is The Strange Countess?
It is a mystery thriller. Like many of Wallace's novels, it relies on a quick pace, short chapters, and secrets about identity and family that the reader slowly pieces together.
Is The Strange Countess hard to read?
No. Wallace wrote in plain, direct prose with short scenes and lively dialogue.
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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