''The Nine Bears'' is a 1910 British
thriller novel
Thriller is a genre of fiction, having numerous, often overlapping subgenres. Thrillers are characterized and defined by the moods they elicit, giving viewers heightened feelings of suspense, excitement, surprise, anticipation and anxiety. Su ...
by
Edgar Wallace. It was originally written in
serial form before being published as a novel.
[Clark p. 120] After signing a contract with American firm
Dodd Mead
Dodd, Mead and Company was one of the pioneer publishing houses of the United States, based in New York City. Under several names, the firm operated from 1839 until 1990.
History Origins
In 1839, Moses Woodruff Dodd (1813–1899) and John S. Ta ...
, Wallace provided them with what effectively an extended version of this story with the villain's name changed to Poltavo, which was published by them as ''The Other Man''.
It was the first in a series of books featuring Wallace's fictional Scotland Yard detective Elk, whose rank varies during the series. It is also known by the
alternative title ''The Cheaters''.
Synopsis
A group of shady
financiers
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led by a man named Silinksi make a fortune on the
stock market
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by anticipating the likelihood of disasters which they are orchestrating themselves.
References
Bibliography
* Clark, Neil. ''Stranger than Fiction: The Life of Edgar Wallace, the Man Who Created King Kong''. Stroud, UK: The History Press, 2015.
1910 British novels
Novels by Edgar Wallace
British thriller novels
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