Story summary
Samenvatting van Burcht der Terreur
- 8 min. leestijd
- 10 parts
- Binnenkort te beluisteren
A madman slips out of Broadmoor, and a mild detective with side-whiskers sends the woman he loves into the country.
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Burcht der Terreur in het kort
Samenvatting: 8 min leestijd
- Leestijd
- Ongeveer 3 h 30 min2 h 50 min fast, 4 h 10 min slow
- Lengte
- 50.300 woorden
- Bibliotheekniveau
- Makkelijk short sentences, plain words
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- 1927by Edgar Wallace
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Burcht der Terreur in short
Terror Keep tells of an old criminal genius who walks out of Broadmoor with a head full of plans, and of the mild detective who has spent years studying him. Flack wants gold and revenge. Reeder wants him caught and Margaret Belman safe.
What Burcht der Terreur is about
What would you do if you were a master criminal locked in Broadmoor with nothing but a pen? John Flack has written sixty-three handwritten volumes on crime. Then an officer is found with his throat cut, the ward door stands open, and the old man is gone.
Edgar Wallace wrote Terror Keep around Mr. J. G. Reeder, a detective at the Public Prosecutor's Office. Reeder looks like a mild Scottish butler, apologises for everything, and says without a blush that he has a criminal mind. You get a hunt with a clock on it, a gray castle above the sea, secret passages and a missing gold lorry.
Voor wie is het?. Readers who love a hunt for a cunning villain, a detective who hides a sharp mind behind polite muddle, secret passages in an old castle, and quick classic British crime storytelling.
The story in 10 parts
Key idea 1 · free to read
A caged genius escapes and names his enemies
Terror Keep opens inside Broadmoor, the asylum for criminals judged insane. There the old crook John Flack shuffles around the grounds, and visitors have him pointed out as the cleverest crook in the world, with nine murders behind him. For six quiet years he reads and writes.
His life's work is a treatise on crime in sixty-three handwritten volumes. The Governor reads one sample, a plan to rob a guarded bank vault, and finds it as exact as a military order. Chief Inspector Simpson of Scotland Yard visits to ask where the books are hidden. Flack answers with threats. He dreams of a new way to steal a million, a foggy night alone with Reeder, and the death of George Ravini, who sold him to the police. Soon after, the officer of his ward is found with his throat cut.
Reeder tells Margaret Belman, who is twenty-three, about Flack and admits, with many ums, that he is fond of her. He wants her out of the city. At Waterloo Station he frightens off Ravini, who has been pestering her. A mild man's fear for one young woman sets the whole chase in motion.
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Margaret finds a beautiful house with odd corners
Margaret takes the train to Siltbury to apply for a secretaryship at Larmes Keep, a seaside house run as a boardinghouse.
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A spring gun waits in a quiet Mayfair house
Bennett Street in Mayfair, close to three in the morning.
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A vain gangster follows a girl into danger
George Ravini was born in Saffron Hill, and now he runs two clubs and takes a cut from twenty other sources.
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Flack's gifts reach Reeder in London
News of the escape spreads, and Scotland Yard holds a conference.
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Reeder arrives on holiday and sets his watch
Reeder arrives at Larmes Keep in gray flannel with two heavy trunks, saying he needs a vacation.
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Secret ways beneath the Keep and a game of knaves
By daylight Reeder tests the grounds.
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Nothing at Larmes Keep is what it seems
The first theme is disguise.
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Two clever minds measure each other
The second theme is a contest between minds.
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Wallace tells it as melodrama with a smile
Wallace builds the book in short chapters, often using a sudden discovery or an unresolved mystery to carry the reader forward.
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Characters, plot and themes
Main characters
- J. G. Reeder A mild, side-whiskered detective at the Public Prosecutor's Office who says he has a criminal mind and is determined to protect Margaret.
- Margaret Belman A twenty-three-year-old secretary, sensible and quick, who takes a country post at Larmes Keep and gets drawn into a deadly game.
- John Flack A mad master criminal who has written a treatise on crime, escapes from Broadmoor, and burns to take revenge and steal a fortune in gold.
- Mr. Daver The yellow-faced, lisping owner of Larmes Keep, who studies crime for a hobby and answers his own questions.
- Olga Crewe A pale, striking guest at the Keep who keeps her feelings hidden, has known the house since childhood and watches Reeder closely.
- George Ravini A vain gang leader from Saffron Hill, proud of his diamond Luck Rings, who follows Margaret and enjoys being the boss.
- Inspector Simpson A stout Scotland Yard officer who doubts Reeder's guesses and wants the gold safe, yet comes to rely on him.
How it ends (spoiler)
Margaret escapes a sealed car, falls down a cliff, swims to a hidden beach and overhears Flack's plans for his daughter Olga. She hides in a steel safe at the Keep. As earth tremors collapse the cliffs, Reeder, now without whiskers, opens the safe and carries her to safety. Flack's boat is lost. Olga is spared. Weeks later in Richmond Park, Reeder clumsily proposes, and Margaret tells him to ruin her young life.
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What is Terror Keep about?
It follows the detective J. G. Reeder as the criminal mastermind John Flack escapes from Broadmoor. Reeder sends his young friend Margaret Belman to work at Larmes Keep, a seaside house whose odd owner and guests hide secrets.
Who is Mr. J. G. Reeder?
Reeder is a detective at the Public Prosecutor's Office. He looks like a mild clerk with side-whiskers, pince-nez and an umbrella, but he has a very sharp mind and a remarkable memory for faces and voices.
Who is John Flack in Terror Keep?
Flack is an old master criminal who plans bank and bullion robberies with exact care. Having written sixty-three volumes on crime, he is judged insane and sent to Broadmoor, then escapes, vowing to settle scores with Reeder and Ravini.
Is Terror Keep a quick, easy read?
Yes in spirit, for the chapters are short, the plot moves from scene to scene, and Reeder's dry humor lightens the danger. The language is plain and the clues are easy to follow as you go.
What are the Luck Rings in the story?
They are three gold rings set with diamonds that the gangster George Ravini wears on his little finger. He believes they bring him luck and says he could never take them off, so they matter later.
Verwijs naar deze uitgave
Wallace, Edgar. Terror Keep. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/terror-keep.
Wallace, E. (2026). Terror Keep. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/terror-keep (Original work published 1927)
Wallace, Edgar. Terror Keep. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/terror-keep.
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