Nelson Lee: The Black Wolf Files

Synopsis:
Nelson Lee was one of the longest-running detectives of the British story papers. Throughout his thirty-year run in the Amalgamated Press papers, he was perhaps second only to Sexton Blake in popularity. Created by Maxwell Scott (the pseudonym of Dr. John Staniforth 1863-1927) he first appeared in A Dead Man’s Secret in The Halfpenny Marvel #46, 19 September 1894. For the next twenty years he appeared regularly in Boys' Friend, Boys' Realm, and Boys' Herald. In 1915 he was given his own story-paper series, The Nelson Lee Library, which ran until 1933.

Lee appeared in over 2500 tales set in every corner of the globe. Scott eventually sold his rights to the character to the Amalgamated Press, which enabled new authors to pen Lee adventures, among them notable Sexton Blake authors A. C. Murray, W. M. Graydon, Edwy Searles Brooks and G. H. Teed.

The Black Wolf, Nelson Lee’s greatest female adversary, first appeared in 1915. She would go on to clash with the great detective in 15 adventures, at times teaming up with other master criminals. Her adventures have been gathered for the first time in this anthology. We’ve also included The Last of the Genghis, The Man with Four Identities, The Crimson Disc, and The Mystery of the Closed Door, tales which do not feature her but that bring the story arc of her partners in crime to their conclusion.

All her adventures were written by George Hamilton Teed (1886-1938) a Canadian writer who is regarded by fans as one of the best Sexton Blake authors of all time.

The anthology includes:

The Black Wolf
The Secret of the Swamp
Edges of Steel; or, The Apaches of Paris
The Case of the Tube of Radium
The Crystal Urn
A Mystery of Venice
The Frozen Man
Robbery Wholesale
The Mystery Man of Lhassa
The Red Menace
The Last of the Genghis
The Man with Four Identities
The Crimson Disc
The Golden Boomerang
The Mystery of the Closed Door
Loot!
The Kidnapped Stockbroker
A Dangerous Partnership
The Missing Professor