Room 13 vs The secret house: Which Should You Read?

Room 13 Edgar Wallace · 1920 ★★★★☆ 3.5 184 pages · ≈ 3 h 24 m · Challenging

After having spent almost three years in prison Johnny Gray is released, only to be dismayed to find that his ladylove has been pressured by her father, an old friend of his, into marrying another man. Soon after,…

The secret house Edgar Wallace · 1919 ★★★☆☆ 3.3 161 pages · ≈ 2 h 59 m · Challenging

A stranger and foreigner arrives at the offices of a small publication in London only to be faced by the “editor” whose face is completely swathed in a veil. Nothing is as it seems, and it quickly becomes evident that…