A wealthy man is framed for murder by his own cousin, a charming and lethal manipulator whose testimony sends him to prison. With only days to his disinheritance, he escapes to marry a stranger-an honest illustrator drowning in debt-setting off a chain of deadly events.
In The Angel of Terror, Edgar Wallace masterfully blends courtroom suspense, inheritance intrigue, and psychological thrills in a tale where innocence is a mask and survival may hinge on outsmarting the perfect crime!