{"product_id":"the-melody-of-death-9781513208732","title":"The Melody of Death","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Melody of Death\u003c\/i\u003e (1915) is a crime novel by Edgar Wallace. Written at the height of Wallace’s career as one of England’s leading popular fiction writers, \u003ci\u003eThe Melody of Death\u003c\/i\u003e showcases his effective narrative style and innate sense of the strange in everyday life. Like many of Wallace’s stories and novels, \u003ci\u003eThe Melody of Death\u003c\/i\u003e was adapted into a silent film in 1922 by Stoll Pictures. The year is 1911. Night has fallen in London, and two skilled safecrackers enter a diamond merchant’s office after receiving a tip about a recent delivery. As they work the safe in silence, the pair become aware of a presence behind them. Turning, they find a masked man pointing a gun in their direction. Strangely, however, he wants nothing more than to watch them, to learn their methods for his own unspecified purposes. Meanwhile, Gilbert Standerton discovers, on the day of his wedding, no less, that his new wife Edith has married him for his money alone, and that she has been encouraged by her meddling mother to do so. Disillusioned, disheartened, and filled with rage, Gilbert hears the opening strains of the melancholy “Melody in F,” a strange song that never fails to send him into an even stranger state of emotion. As the story unfolds, and as Gilbert becomes increasingly distant, a life in business becomes a life of crime, revealing the dual nature of one disturbed, desperate man. This edition of Edgar Wallace’s \u003ci\u003eThe Melody of Death\u003c\/i\u003e is a classic work of crime fiction reimagined for modern readers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSince our inception in 2020, \u003cb\u003eMint Editions\u003c\/b\u003e has kept sustainability and innovation at the forefront of our mission. Each and every Mint Edition title gets a fresh, professionally typeset manuscript and a dazzling new cover, all while maintaining the integrity of the original book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n \n\u003cp\u003eWith thousands of titles in our collection, we aim to spotlight diverse public domain works to help them find modern audiences. Mint Editions celebrates a breadth of literary works, curated from both canonical and overlooked classics from writers around the globe.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Edgar Wallace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48286168219899,"sku":"9781513208732","price":8.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9781513208732_dbbdaf58-2047-4af4-87a8-ce41766840a1.jpg?v=1772484272","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/the-melody-of-death-9781513208732","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}