''The Secret House'' is a 1917

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 the British writer

Edgar Wallace Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (1 April 1875 – 10 February 1932) was a British writer. Born into poverty as an illegitimate London child, Wallace left school at the age of 12. He joined the army at age 21 and was a war correspondent during th ...

. It featured the return of several characters who had appeared in his earlier work '' The Nine Bears''.Clark p. 150

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* Clark, Neil. ''Stranger than Fiction: The Life of Edgar Wallace, the Man Who Created King Kong''. Stroud, UK: The History Press, 2015. 1917 British novels Novels by Edgar Wallace British thriller novels {{1910s-thriller-novel-stub