“The Joker” is a novel by the outstanding British writer and playwright Edgar Wallace (1875–1932). The lives of two people, Mr. Stratford Garlo and Mr. Marling, by the will of fate, turn out to be tragically intertwined, which leads to a series of strange deaths. Edgar Wallace is a popular detective writer , novelist, screenwriter, founder of the thriller genre. Edgar Wallace Richard Horatio is the author of many works: “The Feathered Serpent”, “The Gates of Treason”, “The Counterfeiter”, “Bandit”, “The Düsseldorf Assassin”, “The Mystery of the Pin”, “Green” Shooter", "Face in the Dark", "At Three Oaks", "Avenger" and others.