''Kate Plus Ten'' is a 1917

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crime novel written by

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. In 1938, it was made into a film '' Kate Plus Ten''. It was adapted for the film ''

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'' starring Stewart Granger.

Plot

"What an enigma Kate Is!" Attempts to capture eighteen-year-old criminal mastermind Kate Wasthanger, a colonel's niece and the strategist behind several increasingly successful swindles. These include stealing a complete and valuable railway goods train. "Each one is bigger than the last – but never once have we traced the crime to her door."

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1917 British novels British novels adapted into films British crime novels Novels by Edgar Wallace {{1910s-crime-novel-stub