De Alarmkreet (The Alarm Cry) is episode 33 of the Lord Lister series, one of the most popular German-origin pulp serials of the early twentieth century, distributed in Dutch translation. The series followed a charismatic gentleman thief through fast-paced criminal adventures that combined suspense, wit, and light melodrama.
Cheap, widely distributed, and eagerly consumed, these serial booklets were a defining feature of popular reading culture across northern Europe before the First World War. This free public-domain EPUB delivers a spirited episode of early Dutch pulp crime fiction.