02508cam a22003613u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003701000130007804000110009104100170010205000070011910000340012624500230016026400510018330000470023433600260028133700260030733800360033350000590036950000310042850800450045952013850050453400640188965300340195365300360198765300160202370000450203985600430208499900190212778029UtSlPG20260610134816.0mcr n260607r20261926utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  a26007767  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPR1 aLe Queux, William,d1864-192714aThe dangerous game 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2026  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  a"Published in England under the title 'Hidden Hands.'"  aRelease date is 2026-02-24  aan anonymous Project Gutenberg volunteer  aThe dangerous game by William Le Queux is a novel written in the early 20th century. It’s a cosmopolitan espionage thriller following Seton Darville, a bestselling novelist who secretly directs a powerful British intelligence network, as he shadows the elusive Joan and George Caborn. Deception, coded messages, and political undercurrents propel a chase from Corfu to Trieste, Paris, and London.

The opening of the novel introduces Darville at a sunlit Corfu hotel, befriending Joan Caborn while suspecting her and her Anglo-Greek husband of hidden designs. After George departs abruptly, Darville sends a coded alert to London, feigns love to pry at Joan’s “terrible” secret, and even rifles her room, finding passionate letters signed “Othmar.” Drugged at lunch, he wakes to learn Joan has fled; he commandeers a millionaire’s yacht, uses fake distress signals to try to board her mail boat, but reaches Trieste too late and tracks her trail through Paris toward England. Back in London, his other life is revealed: he coordinates secret agents, confers with a Special Branch inspector, and reviews reports from operatives like Lola Price, while devising a ruse—an insured “jewelry” delivery—to flush out Joan’s address via a contact house in Earl’s Court, where the scene closes with the trap being set. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cNew York: The Macaulay Company, 1926  aDetective and mystery stories  aEnglish fiction -- 19th century  aSpy stories1 aMurphy, H. C.q(Henry Cruse),d1886-193140uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78029  c118749d118749