Project Gutenberg 2008-03-28 Public domain in the USA. 497 Wallace, Edgar 1875 1932 Wallace, Richard Horatio Edgar The Green Rust Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Green_Rust Produced by D Alexander, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Green Rust" by Edgar Wallace is a mystery novel written in the early 20th century. The story begins with a dying millionaire, John Millinborn, revealing a dark secret involving his family and the hereditary curse that follows his lost niece, Oliva Prédeaux. As the narrative unfolds, we encounter various characters entangled in a web of intrigue, including Millinborn's trusted lawyer, James Kitson, and a mysterious and unsavory figure who seems to have sinister intentions. The opening of the book introduces the tension between life and death as Millinborn imparts critical information about his niece to Kitson, hinting at a hidden danger surrounding her inheritance. The lawyer's concern deepens when he encounters a strange man in the woods, suggesting foreboding forces at play. As Kitson rushes to fulfill the dying man's wishes, the suspense builds, planting seeds for future conflict and mystery. The initial chapters set the stage for an engaging narrative filled with secrets, and potential threats to Oliva's safety, indicating a complex plot that will likely blend elements of crime with familial drama. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 82.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Mystery and detective stories PR Text Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Novels Category: British Literature 532814 2025-06-10T10:25:16.278414 text/html 544174 2021-01-03T10:48:03 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 194530 2021-01-03T10:48:03 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 270298 2025-06-10T10:25:26.775331 application/epub+zip 274603 2025-06-10T10:25:18.778357 application/epub+zip 274603 2025-06-10T10:25:17.285406 application/epub+zip 483485 2025-06-10T10:25:32.891301 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 437928 2025-06-10T10:25:25.704336 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 407912 2022-09-11T12:44:43.211274 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 491178 2025-06-10T10:25:13.977377 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 491019 2021-01-03T10:48:02 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 185784 2021-01-03T10:48:03 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 491018 2021-01-03T10:48:03 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 185701 2021-01-03T10:48:03 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20570 2025-06-10T10:25:33.070295 application/rdf+xml 9594 2025-06-10T10:25:17.891371 image/jpeg 2751 2025-06-10T10:25:17.586368 image/jpeg 252629 2025-06-10T10:25:16.328368 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia