About the book: 2018 / "The Avenger" is a crime novel by the outstanding British writer and playwright Edgar Wallace (1875–1932). Police captain Michael Brixen will have to investigate the case of a serial killer " Headhunter": each time the latter warns the police about a new victim, leaving a sheet of paper and a box in which lies the head of the unfortunate victim. Edgar Wallace is a popular detective author, novelist, screenwriter, and founder of the thriller genre. Edgar Wallace Richard Horatio - author many works: “The Joker”, “The Feathered Snake”, “The Gate of Treason”, “The Counterfeiter”, “Bandit”, “The Düsseldorf Murderer”, “The Mystery of the Pin”, “The Green Shooter”, “The Face in the Dark”, “At Three Oaks” "and others.