Project Gutenberg 2008-11-04 Public domain in the USA. 77 Le Queux, William 1864 1927 Queux, William Le Queux, William Tufnell Le Queux, William le 22004826 The Stretton Street Affair Produced by D Alexander and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Stretton Street Affair" by William Le Queux is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around the character Hugh Garfield, who finds himself entangled in a complex, mysterious situation involving a wealthy man named Oswald De Gex and the sudden death of a young woman named Gabrielle Engledue. Set against a backdrop of post-war London, this tale weaves elements of intrigue, deception, and the darker side of human nature. The opening of the book introduces readers to Hugh Garfield, a 29-year-old electrical engineer, as he recalls the bizarre events that led him to become a key player in the Stretton Street Affair. After an unexpected encounter on a train with a man who turns out to be De Gex, Garfield is later summoned to De Gex's opulent home, where he is drawn into a troubling situation marked by a sudden death and a bribery attempt. Amidst the tension, Garfield experiences a strange illness and a profound loss of memory, only to awaken later in a foreign hospital, confused by the mystery surrounding the beautiful but mysterious deceased girl. The narrative quickly escalates into a gripping exploration of trust, betrayal, and the quest for truth in a world rife with deception. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Detective and mystery stories PR Text Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Literature 564970 564952 2024-09-11T12:01:41.640985 2023-09-12T05:57:22.496711 text/html text/html 591280 2021-01-04T08:43:21 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 243562 2021-01-04T08:43:21 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 310987 2024-09-11T12:01:51.007954 application/epub+zip 315742 2024-09-11T12:01:43.586047 application/epub+zip 271558 2024-09-11T12:01:42.469021 application/epub+zip 544748 2024-09-11T12:01:56.740935 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 496535 2024-09-11T12:01:49.970937 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 452554 2022-09-12T13:01:45.590506 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 510518 510329 2024-09-11T12:01:39.972026 2023-09-12T05:57:20.938662 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 510102 2021-01-04T08:43:21 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 190934 2021-01-04T08:43:21 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 510102 2021-01-04T08:43:21 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 190787 2021-01-04T08:43:21 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20144 2024-09-11T12:01:56.890907 application/rdf+xml 12549 2024-09-11T12:01:42.841973 image/jpeg 3558 2024-09-11T12:01:42.654972 image/jpeg 287692 2024-09-11T12:01:41.689009 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia