Kate Plus Ten (novel)

Kate Plus Ten
AuthorEdgar Wallace
LanguageEnglish
Genrecrime fiction
PublisherSmall, Maynard & Company
Publication date
1917
Media typePrint

Kate Plus Ten is a 1917 British crime novel written by Edgar Wallace.[1] In 1938, it was made into a film Kate Plus Ten.[2] It was adapted for the film The Trygon Factor starring Stewart Granger.[3]

Plot

"What an enigma Kate Is!"

Attempts to capture eighteen-year-old criminal mastermind Kate Wasthanger, a colonel's niece and the strategist behind several increasingly successful swindles. These include stealing a complete and valuable railway goods train. "Each one is bigger than the last – but never once have we traced the crime to her door."[4][5]

References

  1. ^ "Kate Plus 10".
  2. ^ "Kate Plus Ten". BFI. Archived from the original on 13 July 2012.
  3. ^ "Das GEHEIMNIS DER WEISSEN NONNE". BFI. Archived from the original on 14 July 2012.
  4. ^ "Newport Vintage Books - Mystery Dustjackets - Edgar Wallace".
  5. ^ Edgar Wallace. "Kate Plus Ten". Goodreads.


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