"This House to Let" by William Le Queux is a suspenseful novel set in 1919 that unfolds around a vacant house and creates suspense and intrigue for the reader. Constable Brown discovers a dead man holding a razor inside a house that had been empty for months. The story explores themes of mystery as Constable Brown is on patrol and is drawn to investigate the abandoned property after noticing a broken window. The discovery of the body reveals unexpected connections between the dead man and past wrongdoings giving the reader a need to know how events unfold. The death of the man uncovers a series of secrets. Its overall tone intrigues and leaves the reader anxious unveiling of the mystery.
This House to Let
By William Le Queux
In post-WWI Kensington, a routine patrol turns sinister when an officer investigates an abandoned house and uncovers a web of secrets connected to a shocking death.
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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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