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Wooden dolls, guarded secrets, and a chase across two continents: what lies behind an object that looks harmless?
In No. 13 Toroni, Julius Regis brings mystery and adventure together around wooden dolls and hidden secrets. Objects conceal more than they reveal, and people go far to protect what they know. The puzzle draws you into a pursuit that stretches across two continents, with danger keeping close to the clues.
This is a thriller in the early detective and adventure tradition, where movement matters as much as mystery. Short scenes and clear action keep the plot moving steadily. Rather than settle into deep psychology, the story invites you to watch the objects, follow the chase, and wonder what each guarded secret may mean.
What you’ll discover
- Secrets in ordinary things Look closer at harmless objects that conceal more than their appearance suggests.
- Wooden dolls and mystery Follow a puzzle whose wooden dolls give the adventure a distinctive focus.
- A pursuit across continents Travel beyond one town or country as the chase carries the mystery onward.
- Action that keeps moving Enjoy short scenes and direct action that keep your attention on what happens next.
- Old-fashioned suspense Enter an early thriller built around clues, pursuit, and secrets people fiercely protect.
Who will love it
This book is for readers who love a classic chase with a clever detective, secret codes, ocean voyages and treasure, and a young hero who finds courage and love.
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The key ideas, in the 15-minute summary
- A warning arrives before a murder
- Tom shelters the hunted stranger
- Small marks change the accusation
- The dolls connect hidden lives
- Another doll brings another attack
- A courteous guardian takes control
- Politeness hides an open threat
- Loyalty follows danger out to sea
- Clues and loyalty guide the pursuit
Who’s who
- Thomas MurnerA young Stockholm architect with a plan for terrace houses, he shelters a hunted girl and soon follows her across the world.
- Maurice WallionA journalist known as the Problem Solver, he reads small marks calmly and has promised to find the secret behind the dolls.
- Elaine RobertsonA young woman from Seattle sent to Sweden to bring back two wooden dolls, who knows little about what they mean.
- Victor DreyelA lonely old photographer who fears a man called Toroni and asks for help too late.
- Mrs TobyWallion's warm, strong-minded housekeeper, who nurses the wounded girl and rules the household.
- Doctor Augustus CormanA poised American physician who claims to be Elaine's guardian and calls her father's fears a delusion.
- Ricardo FerailA silent Greek antiquary with a black beard, who seems to want the dolls and keeps a thin knife close.
- Edward DixonA heavy Seattle businessman and Elaine's employer, who owns hotels, a wharf, and a steam yacht.
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No. 13 Toroni
by Julius Regis
A photographer is stabbed, a wooden doll vanishes, and a girl in grey hides in a young architect's rooms.
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What would you do if a stranger hunted for murder were sitting in your armchair? That is the position of Thomas Murner, a young Stockholm architect, on the evening of the first of August, 1918.
No. 13 Toroni at a glance
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A telegram, a doll, and a scream
The story opens in a bright studio at 30 John Street in Stockholm. Victor Dreyel, a quiet photographer of about sixty, sits writing a letter and waiting for a visitor.
That morning a telegram came, signed E.R. It says that Toroni has learned the secret and that Dreyel must watch the wooden doll. At the name Toroni, Dreyel goes pale and says that Toroni was the thirteenth. He will explain nothing until the journalist detective Maurice Wallion arrives.
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Regis, Julius. No. 13 Toroni. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/no-13-toroni.
Regis, J. (2026). No. 13 Toroni. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/no-13-toroni
Regis, Julius. No. 13 Toroni. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/no-13-toroni.
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What is No. 13 Toroni about?
It is a detective novel about a photographer murdered in Stockholm in 1918. A journalist detective and a young architect follow a trail of numbered wooden dolls from Sweden to Seattle and a remote island in search of a secret.
Who is Toroni in the book?
Toroni is the name of a man the dying photographer fears, the thirteenth of a group tied to an old secret. The mystery of who he is, and where he is, drives much of the story.
What do the wooden dolls mean in No. 13 Toroni?
The dolls are small carved figures, each a likeness of a man and each carrying a number on its foot. The story treats them as clues, and the reader learns their purpose as the chase goes on.
The author
Julius Regis
1889–1925 · Swedish writer and journalist
Julius Regis (1889–1925) was a Swedish writer and journalist. He lived in Sweden and wrote fiction in the early twentieth century. His works include The Copper House and No. 13 Toroni. He wrote detective stories and adventure fiction during the 1910s and 1920s.
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