Edward Phillips Oppenheim was an English novelist, a prolific writer of best-selling genre fiction, featuring glamorous characters, international intrigue and fast action. Notably easy to read, they were viewed as popular entertainments. He was featured on the cover of Time magazine in 1927.
Strange Boarders is a 1938 British comedy thriller film, directed by Herbert Mason, produced by Edward Black for Gainsborough Pictures, and starring Tom Walls, Renée Saint-Cyr, Googie Withers and Ronald Adam. The film is an adaptation of the 1934 espionage novel The Strange Boarders of Palace Crescent by E. Phillips Oppenheim, and was well received by critics.
The Temptation of Tavernake is a 1911 novel by the British writer E. Phillips Oppenheim.
The House of Secrets is a 1926 mystery thriller novel by the British writer Sydney Horler. Horler was a prolific writer known for particularly for his series featuring Tiger Standish, but he also wrote many stand-alone novels. In 1927 he adapted the novel into a stage play of the same name.
The Spy Paramount is a 1934 spy thriller novel by the British writer E. Phillips Oppenheim. It was republished in 2014 by British Library Publishing.
The Lion and the Lamb is a 1930 mystery thriller novel by the British writer E. Phillips Oppenheim.
The Ostrekoff Jewels is a 1932 thriller novel by the British writer E. Phillips Oppenheim. It was published in the United States by Little, Brown.
Prodigals of Monte Carlo is a 1926 romance novel by the British writer E. Phillips Oppenheim. It marked a departure from the usual style for Oppenheim who was better known for his thriller, mystery and adventure novels.
Last Train Out is a 1940 thriller novel by the British writer E. Phillips Oppenheim. A prolific and popular writer since the Victorian era, it was one of his final works and takes place in the build-up to and early stages of the Second World War. It was notable for its sympathetic portrayal of all the Jewish characters, from an author who had in the past sometimes relied on more negative Jewish stereotypes.
Up the Ladder of Gold is a 1931 thriller novel by the British writer E. Phillips Oppenheim. He dedicated the work to the comedy writer P.G. Wodehouse. It represented the apex of Oppenheim's portrayal of the great man as a dynamic force.
Miss Brown of X. Y. O. is a 1927 mystery thriller novel by the British writer E. Phillips Oppenheim. It was notable amongst thrillers of the time for its use of an everyday female character as heroine.
Sir Adam Disappeared is a 1939 mystery thriller novel by the British writer E. Phillips Oppenheim. It was published in the United States by Little, Brown.
The Million Pound Deposit is a 1930 thriller novel by the British writer E. Phillips Oppenheim. It was published in the United States by Little, Brown.
The Evil Shepherd is a 1922 mystery thriller novel by the British writer E. Phillips Oppenheim. It was published in the United States by Little, Brown. Oppenheim was a prolific writer whose novels enjoyed great popularity during the era.
A Lost Leader is a 1906 politically-themed novel by British writer E. Phillips Oppenheim. Later better known for his thrillers, it was one of several novels Oppenheim wrote at the time centred on "social political life". In it, a potential Liberal Party politician, Lawrence Mannering, is lured back from his country estate to London to revive the party's fortunes.
Mysterious Mr. Sabin is a 1898 spy thriller novel by the British writer E. Phillips Oppenheim. It was the first spy novel by Oppenheim, a genre which he came to dominate during the First World War and interwar era. Revolving around a plot of a Frenchman selling British military secrets it became a bestseller, establishing him as a popular writer. It has been described as the novel "that launched Oppenheim's career of xenophobic espionage fantasy". It contains elements of invasion fiction, a common genre theme at the time.
The Golden Beast is a 1926 mystery thriller novel by the British writer E. Phillips Oppenheim. Oppenheim was prolific, bestselling author whose popularity reached its height during the interwar years. The novel was published in America by Little, Brown.
Jacob's Ladder is a 1921 thriller novel by the British writer E. Phillips Oppenheim. Oppenheim was prolific, bestselling author whose popularity reached its height during the interwar years. The novel was published in America by Little, Brown.
The Golden Web is a 1910 mystery novel by the British writer E. Phillips Oppenheim, written using the pen name Anthony Partridge. It was first serialised in Ainslee's Magazine before being published in book form the following year in Britain and America respectively.
Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo is a 1915 spy novel by the British writer E. Phillips Oppenheim. The action takes place in Monaco, a favourite setting in the author's novels. Oppenheim was a pioneer of the modern spy genre, often giving his works a glamorous international setting. Although published in 1915, it was likely to have been written in 1914.
