“THE MASTER OF MYSTERY”

WILLIAM LE QUEUX’S NOVELS

Opinions in 1911

“Mr. William Le Queux retains his position as ‘The Master of Mystery.’ ... He is far too skilful to allow pause for thought: he whirls his readers from incident to incident, holding their attention from the first page to the close of the book.”—Pall Mall Gazette.

“Mr. Le Queux is the master of mystery. He never fails to produce the correct illusion. He always leaves us panting for more—a brilliant feat.”—Daily Graphic.

“Mr. Le Queux is still ‘The Master of Mystery.’”—Madame.

“Mr. Le Queux is a most experienced hand in writing sensational fiction. He never loses the grip of his readers.”—Publishers’ Circular.

“Mr. Le Queux always grips his reader, and holds him to the last page.”—Bristol Times and Mirror.

“Mr. Le Queux’s books once begun must be read to the end.”—Evening News.

“There is no better companion on a railway journey than Mr. William Le Queux.”—Daily Mail.

“Mr. Le Queux knows his business, and carries it on vigorously and prosperously. His stories are always fantastic and thrilling.”—Daily Telegraph.

“Mr. Le Queux is an adept at the semi-detective story. His work is always excellent.”—Review of Reviews.

“Mr. Le Queux is always so refreshing in his stories of adventure that one knows on taking up a new book of his that one will be amused.”—Birmingham Post.

“Mr. Le Queux’s books are delightfully convincing.”—Scotsman.

“Mr. Le Queux’s books are always exciting and absorbing. His mysteries are enthralling and his skill is world-famous.”—Liverpool Daily Post.

“Mr. Le Queux has brought the art of the sensational novel to high perfection.”—Northern Whig.

“Mr. Le Queux is so true to his own style that any one familiar with his books would certainly guess him to be the author, even if his name were not given.”—Methodist Recorder.

“‘As good wine needs no bush’ so no mystery story by Mr. Le Queux, the popular weaver of tales of crime, needs praise for its skill. Any novel with this author’s name appended is sure to be ingenious in design and cleverly worked out.”—Bookseller.

“Mr. Le Queux is always reliable. The reader who picks up any of his latest novels knows what to expect.”—Bookman.

“Mr. Le Queux’s admirers are legion, and the issue of a new novel is to them one of the most felicitous events that can happen.”—Newcastle Daily Chronicle.

“Mr. Le Queux is the master of the art of mystery-creating.”—Liverpool Daily Post.

A Descriptive List of

NASH’S
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NOVELS

The greatest popular
success of modern
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Autumn
1911

Exactly like 6/- Novels in size
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LATEST VOLUMES

An Exchange of Souls
By Barry Pain

The Arrest of Arsène Lupin
By Maurice Leblanc

The Perfume of the Lady in Black
By Gaston Leroux

The Lady of the Hundred Dresses
By S. R. Crockett

The Silent House
By Louis Tracy

Hushed Up
By William Le Queux

Yellow Men and Gold
By Gouverneur Morris

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MYSTERY & DETECTIVE STORIES

The Hollow By Maurice
Needle Leblanc

A story of Arsène Lupin, the greatest, most ingenious and most daring criminal in modern fiction.

“A thrilling and fascinating story ... not less exciting or less mystifying than its predecessors.”—Liverpool Daily Post.

“Well worthy of its place in the famous set of adventures.”—Observer.

The Black By Carlton
Spider Dawe

“Described as a sensational story of a female ‘Raffles’ this tale ... in every way lives up to its description.”—Birmingham Daily Post.

“Full of thrills from beginning to end.”—Western Mail.

“An extremely powerful story ... well worked out, and the mixture of romance with a story of the ‘Raffles’ type is well calculated to please.”—T.P.’s Weekly.

The Window at by Mary Roberts
The White Cat Rinehart

Author of “The Circular Staircase,” etc.

“The plot is skilful and the incidents exciting. It is something more than a mere detective story: there is character in it, and a pleasant love story, and a quite refreshing sense of humour.”—The Outlook.

“We greatly enjoyed the brisk dialogue and the unexpected ending.”—Evening Times.

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The Wife He By Max
Never Saw Marcin

“A decidedly clever bit of sensation, ... worked out with considerable resource. Altogether a fine thrill.”—Liverpool Courier.

“A vigorous and briskly moving yarn—the best thing of the kind we have encountered for some considerable time.”—Birmingham Daily Post.

The Red By John
Symbol Ironside

“Enthralling, entertaining and powerful ... clean and wholesome, it is one of the most powerful novels we have had for a long time ... a fine mystery story most excellently told and holding its reader in its grasp from start to finish.”—Dublin Daily Express.

“A love story full of thrilling incidents.”—Country Life.

“Vigour and swing characterise the book, which has no dull pages, and which keeps its alluring secret until near the end.”—Glasgow Herald.

Raffles By E. W. Hornung

“Hats off to Raffles.”—Daily Telegraph.

The House of By William
Whispers Le Queux

“Mystery—tantalising and baffling.”—The Yorkshire Post.

“An excellent tale.”—The Daily Telegraph.

“Full of arresting situations and making a strong appeal at every stage to the instinct of curiosity.”—The Pall Mall Gazette.

“Mr. Le Queux will please thousands by this work.”—The Morning Leader.

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Treasure by William
of Israel Le Queux

“Another of his wonderful mystery stories.”—Liverpool Daily Post.

“An admirably worked piece of sensationalism ... ought to please a host of readers.”—The Sunday Times.

“Mr. Le Queux keeps his readers fascinated to the end.”—The Yorkshire Post.

“The author is at his raciest; each chapter discloses some new phase of the mystery, each page supplies a new thrill of excitement.”—The Pall Mall Gazette.

The House of the By Anna
Whispering Pines Katharine Green

Author of “The Leavenworth Case.”

“The author has written nothing so good since her famous ‘Leavenworth Case.’ The story grips one from the first scene.... The book is crammed with incident ... there is not a dull page from first to last.”—The Outlook.

“So ingenious, plausible, dramatic, and well-thought-out a plot is a relief after the far-fetched absurdities of many tales of the kind. The most austere reader ... will find himself consumed with wonder as to whom the guilty man can be.”—The Evening Standard.

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The Man who By Max
Drove the Car Pemberton

“Excellent and thrilling reading.”—The Morning Leader.

“The book is excellent reading.”—The Daily Express.

“Exciting enough to please the most blasé reader of sensational fiction.”—North Mail.

“A thoroughly delightful book, absorbing, and of tense interest throughout.”—The Liverpool Daily Post.

Humorous & Breezy Books.

Stranleigh’s By Robert
Millions Barr

“He is a good fellow, and, like Mr. Barr, invariably entertaining.”—Daily Graphic.

“Very amusing, very delightful.”—The Globe.

Sea Dogs By Morley Roberts

“A jolly collection.”—The Evening Standard.

“Mighty interesting.”—The Daily Chronicle.

“A bright and breezy book.”—The Daily Mail.

“Very funny indeed ... the whole book is one good laugh.”—The Observer.

“For wit and humour and invention it would be hard to beat.”—The Referee.

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A Honeymoon— By F. C. Philips &
And After Percy Fendall

“A really clever novel of modern society life.”—The Dundee Advertiser.

“A well-written and clever novel.”—The Dublin Express.

“A bright, well-written story that holds the reader till the end.”—The Pall Mall Gazette.

“Owes much of its sustained interest to ruthless pictures of life in frivolous West-end circles.”—The Daily Chronicle.

Envious By Madame
Eliza Albanesi

“Eliza is charming.”—The Standard.

“Human and genuine throughout.”—The Morning Leader.

“The reader is carried on to the end with unabated pleasure and zest.”—The Bookman.

“The authoress has the gift of informing her characters with life and charm.... The book cannot fail to consolidate the position which the authoress has won by her earlier works.”—The Daily News.

Jack and By F. G. Philips
Three Jills 

Author of “As in a Looking Glass,” etc.

“An arresting and clever piece of observation.”—Bystander.

“An entertaining story of legal life.... Jack ... is frank, manly, and generally attractive.”—Pall Mall Gazette.

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The Divine By May
Fire Sinclair

“Judged by almost every standard to which a comedy like this should be referred, I find her book the most remarkable that I have read for many years.”—Mr. Owen Seaman in Punch.

“A novel to read, and what is more to keep and read again.”—Outlook.

A Lucky By F. C. Philips
Young Woman 

“Shows us the author at his best.”—Pall Mall Gazette.

Yorkshire Life.

Mr. Poskitt’s By J. S.
Nightcaps Fletcher

“Excellent ... comic and tragic episodes of Yorkshire life, rich in character and dramatic force.”—The Morning Leader.

A Masterpiece of Fiction.

The Nun By René Bazin

“A book which no one who reads it will ever forget.”—The Westminster Gazette.

“It is difficult to speak in measured terms of this exquisite story ... a consummate artist, his work eats into the heart, and lives in the memory as do but few books from modern authors.”—The Daily Telegraph.

“It is long since we have read a tragedy so intensely moving as the story of this innocent peasant girl.... ‘The Nun’ is a masterwork of fiction.”—The Daily Graphic.