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Under Monte Carlo’s glittering lights, fortunes change hands—and a stranger’s name may hide more than it reveals.
In Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo, William Le Queux takes you to the French Riviera, where luxury and danger share the same bright setting. Strangers meet around the casino tables. Money is at risk, but gambling is only part of the mystery: secrets, false names, and people who are not what they claim keep the plot moving.
Chance and greed run through a story built on disguise and the willingness to stake everything on one turn. Le Queux uses direct sentences, short chapters, and scenes that close at moments of tension. The sunlit resort offers a vivid contrast to its hidden dangers, inviting you to look beyond the glitter and question appearances.
What you’ll discover
- Glitter with a dangerous edge Enter a grand Riviera resort where luxury provides the setting for secrets and risk.
- Names that conceal Follow a mystery whose false identities make appearances something to question, not trust.
- More than a game See gambling become an expression of chance, greed, and the urge to risk everything.
- Tension at the turn Short chapters and tense scene endings give you reasons to keep reading.
- An old-fashioned mystery Enjoy a direct, plot-led tale that puts secrets and disguise at its heart.
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Readers who enjoy classic crime and adventure with glamorous settings, secret identities, chases by night train and car, and a young hero who must clear his name while keeping faith with the girl he loves.
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- A Gambler Nobody Can Name
- A Late Call and a Single Shot
- The Police Look at Hugh
- Schemers in Surrey and a Midnight Escape
- Thieves Who Offer Shelter
- A Cavalier, a Salmon River and a Reunion
- Mr. Peters and the Black Glove
- A Letter, a Trap and a Drugged Cigarette
- What the Story Is Really About
Who’s who
- Hugh HenfreyA young Englishman from Woodthorpe who wants to learn how his father died and must avoid arrest while he searches.
- Yvonne FeradThe calm, wealthy gambler known as Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo, who holds a dangerous secret about Hugh's father.
- Dorise RanscombLady Ranscomb's spirited daughter, who loves Hugh and refuses to marry the rich man her mother has chosen.
- Charles BentonA smooth, handsome friend of Hugh's late father who wants the Henfrey fortune and plans a marriage to get it.
- Molly MaxwellA clever adventuress living as Mrs. Bond at Shapley Manor, wanted by the Paris police and working with Benton.
- The SparrowIl Passero, a master thief who runs a great criminal network and takes a strange interest in Hugh's safety.
- LisetteA quick-witted young French decoy in The Sparrow's service who knows more about Hugh's father than she will say.
- Louise LambertBenton's adopted daughter, kind and trusting, who knows nothing of the scheme that centres on her.
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Das Fräulein von Monte Carlo
by William Le Queux · 1921
Hugh Henfrey hunts a woman who knows the truth about his father's death, but a bullet silences her at Monte Carlo.
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A woman wins fortune after fortune at the roulette table, and nobody on the Riviera can say who she is. Then a shot rings out.
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A Gambler Nobody Can Name
The novel opens at the Casino in Monte Carlo, at the table called the Suicide's Table. A tall woman in black wins again and again from the chair at the end. The croupiers call her Mademoiselle. She laughs at the superstition and plays only after careful thought. Nobody can say where she came from.
Hugh Henfrey watches her, tall, well dressed and clearly shaken. He knows her surname is Ferad. His friend Walter Brock, a former naval officer, urges calm, but Hugh says he means to make her talk.
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What is Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo about?
It is a crime thriller about Hugh Henfrey, who goes to Monte Carlo to question a mysterious gambler about his father's death. She is shot before she can speak, and Hugh must flee across Europe while trying to clear his name.
Who is The Sparrow in Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo?
The Sparrow, or Il Passero, is a gentleman thief who leads a huge network of criminals across Europe. He forbids taking human life, helps people he thinks are wrongly accused, and takes a close interest in protecting Hugh.
Who wrote Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo and when?
It was written by William Le Queux, an English author of thrillers and spy fiction who died in 1927. It is set in the years just after the First World War.
The author
William Le Queux
1864–1927 · Anglo-French novelist
William Le Queux (1864–1927) was an Anglo-French writer born in London. He died in Knokke, Belgium. He wrote novels about espionage, crime and war. His books include The Great War in England in 1897, published in 1894, and The Czar’s Spy, published in 1905. He also worked with radio.
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