The Czar's Spy: The Mystery of a Silent Love

About the book

Temporarily handling British consular duties at Leghorn, Gordon Gregg meets the apparently respectable owner of a yacht that has run aground under suspicious circumstances. The encounter leaves questions that follow him beyond Italy, connecting stolen information and uncertain identities with the plight of a young woman named Elma. As his curiosity becomes personal commitment, Gregg travels into a world shaped by surveillance, coercive officials, and the reach of the Russian imperial state. People who should be able to explain events instead withhold information or offer accounts that cannot easily be reconciled. Le Queux combines romance with an international conspiracy plot, making Gregg's determination to understand and help Elma the thread through increasingly dangerous discoveries.

• Espionage
• Abuse of authority
• Trust and rescue

Why read it

Read it for a fast-moving international mystery that turns a routine official encounter into a personal mission.

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