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by William Le Queux · 1864–1927
The dangerous game by William Le Queux is a novel written in the early 20th century. It’s a cosmopolitan espionage thriller following Seton Darville, a bestselling novelist who secretly directs a powerful British intelligence network, as he shadows the elusive Joan and George Caborn. Deception, coded messages, and political undercurrents propel a chase from Corfu to Trieste, Paris, and London. The opening of the novel introduces Darville at a sunlit Corfu hotel, befriending Joan Caborn while suspecting her and her Anglo-Greek husband of hidden designs. After George departs abruptly, Darville sends a coded alert to London, feigns love to pry at Joan’s “terrible” secret, and even rifles her room, finding passionate letters signed “Othmar.” Drugged at lunch, he wakes to learn Joan has fled; he commandeers a millionaire’s yacht, uses fake distress signals to try to board her mail boat, but reaches Trieste too late and tracks her trail through Paris toward England. Back in London, his other life is revealed: he coordinates secret agents, confers with a Special Branch inspector, and reviews reports from operatives like Lola Price, while devising a ruse—an insured “jewelry” delivery—to flush out Joan’s address via a contact house in Earl’s Court, where the scene closes with the trap being set.
Summary generated automatically by Project Gutenberg.
- Read time
- 324 min
- Words
- 71,195
- Chapters
- 35
- Paragraphs
- 2,031
- Price
- Free
- Detective and mystery stories
- English fiction -- 19th century
- Spy stories
“Come on,” he said to the driver.
„Komm schon“, sagte er zum Fahrer.
“Let’s go round there.
„Lass uns dorthin fahren.
I want to get rid of this as soon as possible,” he added, indicating the parcel.
Ich will diese Sache so schnell wie möglich loswerden“, fügte er hinzu und deutete auf das Paket.
His disguise as a delivery-man was, indeed, perfect.
Seine Tarnung als Zusteller war tatsächlich perfekt.
He presented a type of the hard-worked man who spends his life going from door to door with parcels large and small for which he collects money and signatures.
Er präsentierte den Typus des hart arbeitenden Mannes, der sein Leben damit verbringt, von Tür zu Tür mit Paketen großer und kleinerer Art zu gehen, für die er Geld und Unterschriften einsammelt.
In a few minutes the van drew up before the door of the house in question, and Paton descended with the parcel, leaving the other man to sit with the reins.
In wenigen Minuten hielt der Wagen vor der Tür des fraglichen Hauses, und Paton stieg mit dem Paket aus, während der andere Mann mit den Zügeln sitzen blieb.
About the author
William Le Queux1864–1927
William Le Queux was a French-English journalist and writer born in London in 1864 and died in Knokke-Heist in 1927.
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Book details
- Original language
- English
- Translation
- German, machine translation
- Source text
- Project Gutenberg #78029
- Licence
- Public domain worldwide
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