Project Gutenberg 2012-11-23 Public domain in the USA. 162 Le Queux, William 1864 1927 Queux, William Le Queux, William Tufnell Le Queux, William le The Lost Million 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.) Reading ease score: 79.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Mystery fiction PR Text Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Novels 518379 2025-07-16T16:14:23.100053 text/html 512080 2025-03-23T13:20:42 text/html 246057 2025-07-16T16:14:30.998979 application/epub+zip 255135 2025-07-16T16:14:25.263054 application/epub+zip 255134 2025-07-16T16:14:23.977015 application/epub+zip 480844 2025-07-16T16:14:35.428981 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 451487 2025-07-16T16:14:30.134011 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 429756 2022-09-19T03:53:16.911989 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 452046 2025-07-16T16:14:21.819047 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 423188 2025-03-23T13:20:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16872 2025-07-16T16:14:35.554957 application/rdf+xml 13464 2025-07-16T16:14:24.474016 image/jpeg 3542 2025-07-16T16:14:24.224036 image/jpeg 236625 2025-07-16T16:14:23.139075 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