The Mind of Mr. J. G. Reeder

Mr. J. G. Reeder looks like the last man you would fear: mild, apologetic, dressed in an old-fashioned frock coat, forever carrying a furled umbrella. Yet this quiet clerk in the Public Prosecutor’s office confesses to having the mind of a criminal, and it lets him see the crookedness that others miss. Across these connected stories he unravels a poisoning, a bank robbery, a counterfeiting ring, and a killer who thinks himself perfectly safe, always a careful step ahead of the men he politely destroys. Reeder became one of Wallace’s most loved creations, proof that the deadliest detective can be the least likely. Free to download here as a PDF and EPUB edition.