The Four Just Men

About this book

When the law protects the powerful rather than the vulnerable, can defying it become a moral duty? In Edgar Wallace's classic political thriller, four enigmatic men appoint themselves judges and executioners in a Europe shaped by intrigue and unequal power. Their target is Sir Philip Ramon, a British foreign minister determined to pass a law that would return political refugees to the regimes pursuing them. The warning is precise: withdraw the bill or die at eight o'clock. As London mobilizes its police and seals the minister behind elaborate defenses, the countdown becomes a contest between state authority and four adversaries whose scientific and psychological ingenuity seems far ahead of its time. The Four Just Men is both a taut pursuit narrative and a disturbing inquiry into whether noble principles can ever absolve violence.