The Red Widow by William Le Queux

A young woman's husband dies under mysterious circumstances and she becomes embroiled in a web of espionage and counter-espionage involving various foreign powers.

By William Le Queux · First published 1907 · Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Crime · 30 chapters · 102,356 words

First lines

"I can't understand what it all means. The whole thing is a mystery -- _a great mystery_! I have my suspicions -- grave suspicions! " declared the pretty blue-eyed girl emphatically.

"Of what? " asked the young man strolling at her side along the sunny towing-path beside the Thames between Kew and Richmond.

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• Work type: Novel
• Author: William Le Queux
• Date: 1907 CE
• Language: English
• Genres: Mystery, Thriller, Crime, Adventure, Spy Fiction
• Length: 102,356 words
• Structure: 30 chapters, 2,768 paragraphs
• Reading fit: Very Easy (5th Grade or below)

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Genres

• Mystery — The plot revolves around solving a complex and intriguing mystery.
• Thriller — The narrative includes suspenseful and thrilling elements that keep the reader engaged.
• Crime — The story involves criminal activities and investigations.
• Adventure — The characters embark on adventurous pursuits throughout the story.

Tags

Spy Fiction · Adventure · Thriller · Mystery · Espionage · Intrigue · Plot Twist · Villainous Character · Heroic Protagonist · Romance · Diplomatic Intrigue · International Politics

Contents

• Concerns a Man in White
• Who is Mrs. Braybourne?
• The "Game" -- and its Players
• Progress of the Plot
• Contains a Note of Alarm
• The Locked Room in Hammersmith
• What Happened in Bridge Place
• On Loch Lomond
• A Gentleman Named Greig
• More Mysterious Circumstances
• Spreading the Net
• The Person from Upstairs
• Relates a Strange Conversation
• On Saturday Night
• Carries the Mystery Farther
• Baiting the Trap
• "News" from Lancaster Gate
• The Coup and its Consequence
• What Happened to Gerald
• The Room of Evil
• Lost Days
• From out the Past
• The Cry in the Night
• Hard Pressed
• The Recluse
• "Get Rid of the Girl!"
• "the Day after to-Morrow"
• At the Window
• On Thin Ice
• Through the Darkness

More by William Le Queux

• El tesoro misterioso (1909)
• Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo (1904)
• The Four Faces (1920)
• The Czar's Spy (1896)
• The House of Whispers (1908)
• The Doctor of Pimlico (1906)
• The Minister of Evil (1902)
• The Great White Queen (1896)
• All works by William Le Queux