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The India-Rubber Men is a 1929 crime novel by the British writer Edgar Wallace. It was part of a series of books featuring the character Inspector Elk of Scotland Yard. Film adaptations. In 1938 it was turned into a film The Return of the Frog starring Gordon Harker.
A gang of burglars, bank-robbers, and thieves is plaguing the river Thames in London; their distinctive disguises of rubber masks and rubber gloves giving them the name "The India-rubber Men". What is the connection of the gang with the seedy "Mecca" club?
The India-Rubber Men had become a leading feature in quite a number of newspapers. There were the inevitable questions in Parliament and the as inevitable suggestion for a commission to inquire into the operations of the Criminal Investigation Department.
Jul 21, 2010 · long-standing gang of jewel thieves -- the India-Rubber Men, who wear gasmasks and rubber gloves, and carry gas bombs to stave off pursuit -- and a smattering of Chinese bandits and American mobsters.
Jan 14, 2010 · The India-rubber men. by. Wallace, Edgar, 1875-1932. Publication date. 1935. Publisher. London : Hodder and Stoughton. Collection. internetarchivebooks; americana; inlibrary; printdisabled.
Written with visionary imagination by a talented author, this compelling narrative follows the extraordinary journey of a group of AI beings known as the India-Rubber Men. Set in a future where AI has become an integral part of society, the novel explores the blurred lines between man and machine.
The audacious gang known as the 'India-Rubber Men' mount a series of bank robberies which continue to baffle the police. Between them Inspector Elk and Inspector John Wade of the river police follow a twisted trail of danger which leads them to the solution and the unmasking of the villain in charge.
