The Four Just Men

Wealthy, ruthless, and convinced the law lets too many villains escape, four men appoint themselves judges and executioners of the guilty. Their most audacious target is the British Foreign Secretary, who plans to pass a bill that would send a political refugee home to be killed. The Four warn him in public: withdraw the bill or die on a fixed date, inside a guarded room, by a method no one can foresee. Wallace turned the puzzle into a sensation by offering readers a cash prize to explain the impossible murder, a stunt that nearly ruined him but launched his career. This is the book that began his famous vigilante series. Free to download here as a PDF and EPUB edition.