The Council Of Justice (Just Men #2) (1908) by Edgar Wallace. This book begins just after the first novel in the series, The Four Just Men, ends. Now the three work against a villainy that is sweeping across London, the Red 100. This is a terrorist group headed by “The woman From Graz”, who appears to be the only female member of the 100. But due to her oratory skills and methodical thinking, she becomes their erstwhile leader. As beautiful as she is powerful, it is only natural that she and a member of the Just Men should fall in love. But when that man is captured, it is up to the other two Just Men to get his release.
Along the way we meet the mysterious Mr. Long, or is it Mr. Jessen, who is feared and respected by both sides of the fray. He plays a rather major roll in the outcome of the story, but not exactly in the manner you might expect.
This is a fitting follow up to the original novel. The Four Just Men’s opposition is a more palatable that that found in the first book. And it harkens the reader to pursue more the the Four Just Men books. There were only six books written in all so it should not be difficult to complete the series, But do remember, these novels are over 100 years old, so good luck. ( )

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As is often the case with Edgar Wallace, not a lot of the plot really makes a hell of a lot of sense in this follow up to THE FOUR JUST MEN. It is, however, an interesting read as the story features a well organised group of terrorists threatening the safety of one of the most important cities of the world at the time, London, through an airborn attack by Zeppelin. Does that sound surprisingly familiar for a book written in 1908? The Zeppelins end up getting defeated by nothing more mundane than a bunch of well trained falcons. Also of interest: The story takes place in 1910, i.e. 2 years after the book was published, so a point could be made that we are dealing with a modest attempt at Science Fiction here. ( )