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You will enjoy this if you like Riviera glamour, masked balls, night trains and puzzles that unfold clue by clue, told by a heroine who notices every face.
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A young man wins sixty thousand francs at roulette, walks off to change his notes, and is found dead on the carpet of a hotel sitting room. The room belongs to two American women who were waiting for him. Who killed him, and why did he go there?
The Sign of the Seven Sins is a Riviera mystery by William Le Queux, an English writer of popular thrillers. Carmela Rosselli tells it as a plain confession. You get a murder with no clear motive, a masked stranger and a code on a café table.
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- 1Two restless friends leave Washington for EuropeFree
- 2Monte Carlo dazzles, and one man wins big
- 3A dead man waits in the sitting room
- 4A millionaire keeps a secret workshop
- 5A masked Owl warns Carmela and a trick follows
- 6A locked cabin on the yacht hides a horror
- 7A night train carries Carmela across Europe
- 8Cipher on a café table leads to a hidden house
- 9Gambling, money, and masks are the real sins
- 10Love, jealousy, and freedom drive the heroine
- 11A confession told with clues, travel, and suspense
Idea clave 1 de 11
Two restless friends leave Washington for Europe
The story begins with a confession. Carmela Rosselli, twenty-five, promises to tell everything and asks the reader to judge her fairly. She is the daughter of an American mother and an Italian marquis, orphaned at fifteen. She now lives with her cousin and guardian, Ulrica Yorke.
Both women are rich, stylish and bored. Ulrica proposes a year abroad, with Monte Carlo in January. Carmela agrees because she wants to escape every place that reminds her of Ernest Cameron, the man she loved and who left her. In a hotel in Nice, two men from Washington greet them. One is Gerald Keppel, son of a steel millionaire, and the other is Reginald Thorne, who plainly admires her.
Ulrica claims she cannot love at all, while Carmela cannot stop loving. From the first pages, this is the tale of a hurt heart as much as a crime.
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- LengthAbout 47,100 words
- Reading timeAbout 3 h 20 min
Questions about El Signo de los Siete Pecados
What is The Sign of the Seven Sins about?
It follows Carmela Rosselli, an American traveling the Riviera, whose friend is found dead in her hotel sitting room after a big win at Monte Carlo. Her search for the truth takes her from Nice to a yacht, an Italian train, and Paris.
What does the Sign of the Seven Sins mean in the book?
It is a name applied to the Monte Carlo Casino, a white and gold palace where gambling and the other vices are on show. Gamblers there risk fortunes, and ruin hangs over the glamour.
Is The Sign of the Seven Sins a true story?
No, it is a work of fiction by William Le Queux, an English writer of thrillers who died in 1927. It uses real places such as Nice, Monte Carlo, Leghorn, and Paris as its setting.
Who is the Owl in The Sign of the Seven Sins?
The Owl is a masked stranger at the Carnival ball in Nice who knows Carmela's private affairs and gives her a warning and a mysterious package. His real identity is one of the puzzles the story slowly solves.
Is The Sign of the Seven Sins easy to read?
Yes, in the sense that its chapters are short, its heroine talks to you directly, and every chapter closes on a hook. The plain, lively language and fast changes of scene keep the mystery moving.
Cite this edition
Le Queux, William. The Sign of the Seven Sins. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-sign-of-the-seven-sins.
Le Queux, W. (2026). The sign of the seven sins. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-sign-of-the-seven-sins (Original work published 1917)
Le Queux, William. The Sign of the Seven Sins. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-sign-of-the-seven-sins.
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