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On the sunlit Riviera, a murder breaks the calm—and a respectable face may hide a secret past.
In The Sign of the Seven Sins, William Le Queux sets a murder mystery among the casinos, villas and grand hotels of the French Côte d'Azur. A death disturbs the resort's calm and opens the central puzzle: who gains from the crime, and who is close enough to be involved?
Hidden identities make appearances uncertain. A charming acquaintance may use a false name; a respectable visitor may conceal a past. As the mystery moves between wealthy and shady society, its title points toward the seven deadly sins of Christian tradition, suggesting human weakness as a way into the puzzle.
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- Sunshine and suspicion Enter a Riviera setting where casinos, villas and grand hotels frame a disturbing crime.
- A murder to unravel Follow the questions a death raises about opportunity, advantage and the people nearby.
- Names that conceal Look beyond charm and respectability in a mystery built around disguise and hidden identity.
- The shadow of sin Consider how the title's seven sins suggest a darker view of human motives.
- Old-fashioned intrigue Enjoy a fast-moving mystery that keeps its truth back while appearances invite doubt.
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For readers who love old-fashioned mysteries, sunny foreign settings and plots of disguise and secret identity, with murder and intrigue on the French Riviera.
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- The Riviera sets the stage
- A murder starts the puzzle
- Nobody is quite who they claim
- The seven sins give the book its mark
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Das Zeichen der sieben Sünden
by William Le Queux · 1917
On the French Riviera, a murder opens a puzzle among people whose names conceal their true identities.
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The Riviera sets the stage
The Côte d'Azur in the years around the First World War was a meeting place for the wealthy, the idle and the ambitious. Le Queux knew the Continent well and used its resorts often in his fiction. Hotels, promenades and villas above the sea give his stories a bright surface.
That brightness is the point. Behind the sunshine and the polite talk, a mystery novel of this type hides fear, greed and old grudges. The setting lets strangers meet easily, and nobody can be sure who anyone is.
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Who wrote The Sign of the Seven Sins?
The novel was written by William Le Queux, an English author who died in 1927. He was known for crime, mystery and spy fiction set in many parts of Europe.
What kind of book is The Sign of the Seven Sins?
It is a mystery novel set on the French Riviera. It centres on a murder and on people whose true identities are hidden, in the style of early twentieth century popular fiction.
What are the seven sins in the title?
They are the seven deadly sins of Christian tradition: pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath and sloth. The title suggests that human weakness lies behind the crime.
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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