Project Gutenberg 2009-06-03 Public domain in the USA. 267 Souvestre, Pierre 1874 1914 Allain, Marcel 1885 1969 17027903 A Nest of Spies Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Suzanne Shell, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "A Nest of Spies" by Pierre Souvestre and Marcel Allain is a detective novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around Captain Brocq, an officer who finds himself embroiled in a web of mystery and intrigue following the sudden death of a fellow officer, as well as a stolen confidential document he was carrying at the time of his demise. The tale promises to explore themes of espionage and the dangerous world of spies at a time when tensions are high. At the start of the narrative, we are introduced to Captain Brocq and his relationship with a woman named Bobinette, who exhibits a flirtatious and independent spirit. Their interaction reveals Brocq's deep affection for her, as well as his growing worries about a document he cannot find. When Brocq learns of Bobinette’s departure and the possibility that she may have inadvertently taken the document with her, urgency sets in. As he rushes to locate her, Brocq suddenly collapses in a taxi and is declared dead, setting off alarm bells about the true nature of his death. This opening effectively establishes a mood of suspense and tension while hinting at the shadowy underworld of espionage that will unfold throughout the novel. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 74.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Detective and mystery stories Fantômas (Fictitious character) -- Fiction PQ Text Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Novels 676587 2025-06-12T05:41:56.467525 text/html 691695 2021-01-05T04:40:27 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 258105 2021-01-05T04:40:27 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 358840 2025-06-12T05:42:10.776435 application/epub+zip 366748 2025-06-12T05:42:00.671502 application/epub+zip 335601 2025-06-12T05:41:58.903491 application/epub+zip 649381 2025-06-12T05:42:18.139399 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 579243 2025-06-12T05:42:09.358488 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 541556 2022-09-13T12:44:09.585773 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 621259 2025-06-12T05:41:53.304586 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 620671 2021-01-05T04:40:27 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 235769 2021-01-05T04:40:27 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 620661 2021-01-05T04:40:27 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 235587 2021-01-05T04:40:27 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21612 2025-06-12T05:42:18.307409 application/rdf+xml 12309 2025-06-12T05:41:59.502497 image/jpeg 3199 2025-06-12T05:41:59.200492 image/jpeg 333459 2025-06-12T05:41:56.538555 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 fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia