The Clue of the Silver Key

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The Clue of the Silver Key
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First US edition
Author Edgar Wallace
LanguageEnglish
GenreCrime
Publisher Hodder & Stoughton (UK)
Doubleday Doran (US)
Publication date
1930
Publication place United Kingdom
Media typePrint

The Clue of the Silver Key is a 1930 thriller novel by the British writer Edgar Wallace. [1]

Contents

Surefoot Smith of Scotland Yard is called in to investigate when petty thief Tom Tickler is killed and left in a taxi with £100 in his pocket. His discoveries eventually lead him towards the mysterious businessman Washington Wirth.

Adaptation

In 1961 it was made into a film Clue of the Silver Key directed by Gerard Glaister and starring Bernard Lee and Finlay Currie. [2] It was made as part of the Edgar Wallace Mysteries film series produced by Anglo-Amalgamated.

References

  1. ↑ Kiddle p.24
  2. ↑ Goble p.487

Bibliography

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