"The Mysterious Three" by William Le Queux is a thrilling novel filled with secrets, romance, and eerie events that begin with the unsettling arrival of Mr. Smithson at Sir Charles Thorold's home. The unexpected visit sets off a chain of strange occurrences for the Thorold family, their butler, and Richard Ashton, who soon becomes entangled in the mystery while falling for Vera Thorold, the daughter of the house. After the family seems disturbed and unsettled, their shadows are captured at Houghton Park. The butler is found dead while the Thorolds disappear. Vera is protective of her family's secrets to mask her visible distress. Together, these events create a captivating story about the complex combination of love and unnerving mystery.

The Mysterious Three
By William Le Queux
When a mysterious guest appears, a family's secrets begin to unravel as a love-struck man tries to discover the truth behind a suspicious death and a sudden disappearance.
Summary
About the AuthorWilliam Tufnell Le Queux was an Anglo-French journalist and writer. He was also a diplomat, a traveller, a flying buff who officiated at the first British air meeting at Doncaster in 1909, and a wireless pioneer who broadcast music from his own station long before radio was generally available; his claims regarding his own abilities and exploits, however, were usually exaggerated. His best-known works are the anti-French and anti-Russian invasion fantasy The Great War in England in 1897 (1894) and the anti-German invasion fantasy The Invasion of 1910 (1906), the latter becoming a bestseller.
William Tufnell Le Queux was an Anglo-French journalist and writer. He was also a diplomat, a traveller, a flying buff who officiated at the first British air meeting at Doncaster in 1909, and a wireless pioneer who broadcast music from his own station long before radio was generally available; his claims regarding his own abilities and exploits, however, were usually exaggerated. His best-known works are the anti-French and anti-Russian invasion fantasy The Great War in England in 1897 (1894) and the anti-German invasion fantasy The Invasion of 1910 (1906), the latter becoming a bestseller.