"The Gay Triangle: The Romance of the First Air Adventurers" by William Le Queux is an early 20th-century novel about wartime adventure. We follow Dick Manton, a former war pilot turned motor dealer, who gets pulled into high-stakes missions with Yvette Pasquet, a brave French girl searching for stolen jewels. It all starts with a seemingly normal car that turns into a plane in an inventive twist. Dick meets Yvette who urgently shares the shocking news about a German adversary who stole Rasputin's infamous jewels. Their quest involves smuggling, espionage, and thrilling aerial maneuvers, mixing romance and action in a world recovering from war.

The Gay Triangle: The Romance of the First Air Adventurers
By William Le Queux
In a world recovering from war, a daring pilot and a determined young woman team up to recover stolen jewels, leading to romance, danger, and high-flying adventure.
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.