"The Red Room" by William Le Queux is an early 20th century mystery that centers on Kershaw Kirk, whose link to the murdered Professor Greer pulls an unwitting motor engineer, Mr. Holford, into a dangerous investigation. The story kicks off on January 15, 1907, when Kirk, shadowed by secrecy, asks Holford to examine a German tyre, alluding to a deeper, more sinister connection. Their unsettling alliance forms the base of the novel, as Kirk admits his involvement in Professor Greer’s murder, which happened not long after their meeting. As Holford navigates the twisting currents of suspicion and secrets, the stakes soar when the Professor’s daughter dies under equally puzzling conditions, setting the stage for a thrilling story of deception, where the truth remains obscured.
The Red Room
By William Le Queux
When a chemist and his daughter turn up dead, a motor engineer is dragged into a shadowy world by an eccentric man claiming innocence, only to uncover deadly secrets.
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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.
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