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Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace was born in Greenwich in 1875. His novel "The Forger" appeared in 1927. It consists of thirty-five chapters.

Here is a list of many of his literary works:

African novels (Sanders of the River series):

Sanders of the River (1911) - short stories
The People of the River (1911) - short stories
The River of Stars (1913) - full-length novel
Bosambo of the River (1914) - short stories
Bones (1915) - short stories
The Keepers of the King's Peace (1917) - short stories
Lieutenant Bones (1918) - short stories
Bones in London (1921) - short stories
Sandi the Kingmaker (1922) - full-length novel
Bones of the River (1923) - short stories
Sanders (1926) - short stories
Again Sanders (1928) - short stories

The series was posthumously continued by Francis Gérard:

The Return of Sanders of the River - short stories (1938)
The Law of the River - short stories (1940)
The Justice of Sanders - short stories (1951)

Four Just Men series:

The Four Just Men (1905)
The Council of Justice (1908)
The Just Men of Cordova (1917)
The Law of the Four Just Men (1921)
The Three Just Men (1925)
Again the Three (1928)

Mr. J. G. Reeder series:

Room 13 (1924)
The Mind of Mr. J. G. Reeder (1925)
Terror Keep (1927)
Red Aces (1929)[39]
The Crook in Crimson (1929)
The Guv'nor and Other Short Stories (1932)

Detective Sgt. (Insp.) Elk series:

The Nine Bears (1910) revised as Silinski – Master Criminal (1930)
The Fellowship of the Frog (1925) adapted as The Frog, spawned a sequel Return of the Frog
The Joker or The Colossus (1926)
The Twister (1928)
The India-Rubber Men (1929) adapted as The Return of the Frog
White Face (1930)

Educated Evans series:

Educated Evans (1924)
More Educated Evans (1926)
Good Evans (1927)

Smithy series:

Smithy (1905)
Smithy Abroad (1909)
Smithy and The Hun (1915)
Nobby or Smithy's Friend Nobby (1916)

Crime novels:

Angel Esquire (1908)
The Fourth Plague (1913)
Grey Timothy (1913)
The Man Who Bought London (1915)
The Melody of Death (1915)
A Debt Discharged (1916)
The Tomb of Ts'in (1916)
The Secret House (1917)
The Clue of the Twisted Candle (1918)
Down Under Donovan (1918)
The Man Who Knew (1918)
The Strange Lapses of Larry Loman (1918) (novelette)
The Green Rust (1919)
Kate Plus Ten (1919)
The Daffodil Mystery (1920)
Jack O'Judgment (1920)
The Angel of Terror (1922)
The Crimson Circle (1922)
Mr. Justice Maxell (1922)
The Valley of Ghosts (1922)
Captains of Souls (1923)
The Clue of the New Pin (1923)
The Green Archer (1923)
The Missing Million (1923)
The Dark Eyes of London (expanded from The Croakers (1924))
Double Dan (1924) a.k.a. Diana of Kara Kara
The Face in the Night (1924)
The Sinister Man (1924)
The Three Oak Mystery (1924)
The Avenger or The Hairy Arm (1925)
The Blue Hand (1925)
The Daughters of the Night (1925)
The Gaunt Stranger or Police Work (1925)
revised as The Ringer (1926)
A King by Night (1925)
The Strange Countess (1925)
The Black Abbot (1926)
The Day of Uniting (1926)
The Door with Seven Locks (1926)
The Girl from Scotland Yard (1926)
The Man from Morocco or Souls In Shadows (1926)
The Million Dollar Story (1926)
The Northing Tramp (1926)
Penelope of the Polyantha (1926)
The Square Emerald or The Woman (1926)
The Terrible People or The Gallows' Hand (1926)
We Shall See! (1926)
The Yellow Snake, a.k.a. The Black Tenth (1926)
Big Foot (1927)
The Feathered Serpent or Inspector Wade and the Feathered Serpent (1927)
Flat 2 (1927)
The Forger or The Counterfeiter (1927)
The Hand of Power or The Proud Sons of Ragusa (1927)
The Man Who Was Nobody (1927)
Number Six (1927)
The Squeaker or The Sign of the Leopard (1927)
The Traitor's Gate (1927)
The Double (1928)
The Flying Squad (1928)
The Gunner (1928)
Four Square Jane (1929)
The Golden Hades or Stamped In Gold or The Sinister Yellow Sign (1929)
The Green Ribbon (1929)
The Calendar (1930)
The Clue of the Silver Key (1930)
The Lady of Ascot (1930)
The Devil Man or Sinister Street or Silver Steel or The Life and Death of Charles Peace (1931)
The Man at the Carlton or The Mystery of Mary Grier (1931)
The Coat of Arms or The Arranways Mystery (1931)
On the Spot: Violence and Murder in Chicago (1931)
When the Gangs Came to London or Scotland Yard's Yankee Dick or The Gangsters Come To London (1932)
The Frightened Lady or Criminal At Large (1933)
The Green Pack (1933)
The Man Who Changed His Name (1935)
The Mouthpiece (1935)
Smoky Cell (1935)
The Table (1936)
Sanctuary Island (1936)
The Road to London (posthumous 1986)

Other novels:

Captain Tatham of Tatham Island (1909)
The Duke in the Suburbs (1909)
Private Selby (1912)
"1925" – The Story of a Fatal Peace (1915)
Those Folk of Bulboro (1918)
Tam o' the Scoots (1918)
The Book of All Power (1921)
The Flying Fifty-Five (1922)
The Books of Bart (1923)
Barbara on Her Own (1926)