Project Gutenberg 2009-11-15 Public domain in the USA. 200 Le Queux, William 1864 1927 Queux, William Le Queux, William Tufnell Le Queux, William le The Sign of Silence Reading ease score: 82.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Brownfox and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Sign of Silence" by William Le Queux is a mystery novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around Edward Royle, who finds himself embroiled in a perplexing situation involving his friend Sir Digby Kemsley, an engineer whose sudden disappearance coincides with the emergence of a young woman's murder. As Royle navigates through intrigue and potential betrayal, he faces personal doubts about those he loves, revealing themes of loyalty and suspicion. At the start of the novel, the protagonist, Edward Royle, shares a lunch with his beloved Phrida Shand in a posh London restaurant. They discuss Sir Digby Kemsley, who has mysteriously vanished, leading to concerns about his true identity after investigations reveal he may be an impostor. The narrative shifts as Royle learns of a brutal murder in Sir Digby's flat, connected to a hidden past involving love and deception. As tensions escalate, Royle grapples with his affection for Phrida and the implications of the unfolding mystery, foreshadowing deeper personal and relational conflicts in the story. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Detective and mystery stories PR Text Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 519737 519596 2025-03-12T13:06:23.628392 2023-09-13T10:24:41.818405 text/html text/html 510525 2024-10-24T20:32:23 text/html 337143 2025-03-12T13:06:34.861389 application/epub+zip 341493 2025-03-12T13:06:26.229355 application/epub+zip 269791 2025-03-12T13:06:24.668385 application/epub+zip 582348 2025-03-12T13:06:41.098261 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 527469 2025-03-12T13:06:33.705273 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 433785 2022-09-14T06:29:33.320046 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 453441 453471 2025-03-12T13:06:21.824401 2023-09-13T10:24:39.812365 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 433722 2024-10-24T20:32:23 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 453320 2021-01-05T20:40:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 453315 2021-01-05T20:40:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 22129 2025-03-12T13:06:41.277255 application/rdf+xml 13190 2025-03-12T13:06:25.270325 image/jpeg 3523 2025-03-12T13:06:24.966342 image/jpeg 168522 2021-01-05T20:40:50 application/octet-stream application/zip 252458 2021-01-05T20:40:50 application/octet-stream application/zip 168422 2021-01-05T20:40:50 application/octet-stream application/zip 317229 2025-03-12T13:06:23.676430 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