Project Gutenberg 2012-11-23 Public domain in the USA. 125 Le Queux, William 1864 1927 Queux, William Le Queux, William Tufnell Le Queux, William le The Lost Million Reading ease score: 79.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England "The Lost Million" by William Le Queux is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story follows Lionel Kemball, who becomes entangled in a mysterious and foreboding situation after befriending a dying man named Melvill Arnold. As Arnold reveals his secrets, including a substantial fortune and a strange bronze cylinder, Kemball is thrust into a web of intrigue and forewarnings about the dangers tied to his late friend's past. The opening of the story establishes a grim atmosphere as Kemball attends to the feverish Arnold in a hotel bedroom, where Arnold urgently entrusts him with both a promise to follow his final wishes and the task of disposing of his money, leading to the revelation of the bronze cylinder. After Arnold's death, Kemball discovers layers of mystery through a letter that hints at Arnold's true identity and past connections with treacherous individuals. The narrative intensifies with Kemball’s encounters with Arthur Dawnay, adding new layers of suspense, as he learns that he holds the fate of secrets and potential dangers that span beyond mere financial legacies into realms of personal peril and deception. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Mystery fiction PR Text Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 518414 2025-03-16T17:49:14.567300 text/html 512080 2025-03-23T13:20:42 text/html 246049 2025-03-16T17:49:23.467259 application/epub+zip 255100 2025-03-16T17:49:16.998266 application/epub+zip 255100 2025-03-16T17:49:15.545316 application/epub+zip 480779 2025-03-16T17:49:28.426242 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 451587 2025-03-16T17:49:22.497255 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 429756 2022-09-19T03:53:16.911989 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 452060 452035 2024-10-17T12:13:50.661731 2023-09-18T06:31:44.770425 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 423188 2025-03-23T13:20:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19647 2025-03-16T17:49:28.562260 application/rdf+xml 13464 2025-03-16T17:49:16.105267 image/jpeg 3542 2025-03-16T17:49:15.826259 image/jpeg 236655 2025-03-16T17:49:14.609269 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