Edgar Wallace 
Dark Eyes of London 

Just as they are about to depart from London for a dazzling holiday in Montecarlo, Inspector Holt and his valet Sunny are abruptly summoned by Scotland Yard to investigate a string of sudden, bizarre instances of untimely death that had been met by numerous wealthy men in recent days. With hardly anything to go on besides an eery similarity in the life insurance policies taken on the names of the deceased, a baffled Holt attempts to draw out a link between these suspicious deaths. With his assigned case secretary Diane at his side, whose analytic prowess leave him in speechless admiration and awe, little does Holt expect he will be thrown into a surreptitious yet adrenaline-packed world of adventure and romance threatening to sweep him off his feet. Will the monsters behind these atrocities ever see the light of day, or will they continue staring out of the dark?A perfect read for a dark and stormy night , ‘The Dark Eyes of London’ is a gripping crime thriller penned by the renowned British writer Edgar Wallace, best known for creating the iconic ‘King Kong’. ‘The Dark Eyes of London’ was also adapted for the silver screen and screened in America as ‘The Human Monster’ starring Bela Lugosi. –