Project Gutenberg 2008-11-04 Public domain in the USA. 301 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.) Reading ease score: 72.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Detective and mystery stories PR Text Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Literature Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Novels Category: British Literature 565098 2025-06-11T08:27:37.101971 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 331481 2025-06-11T08:27:47.565888 application/epub+zip 335976 2025-06-11T08:27:39.718002 application/epub+zip 291809 2025-06-11T08:27:38.147986 application/epub+zip 582735 2025-06-11T08:27:53.637930 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 534526 2025-06-11T08:27:46.416968 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 452554 2022-09-12T13:01:45.590506 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 510518 2025-06-11T08:27:35.459483 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 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 20459 2025-06-11T08:27:53.802925 application/rdf+xml 12508 2025-06-11T08:27:38.746911 image/jpeg 3551 2025-06-11T08:27:38.444976 image/jpeg 306513 2025-06-11T08:27:37.154918 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia