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A stranger steps into a lawyer’s train compartment, asking him to protect her without knowing her secret.
Roger Sands is heading back to New York aboard the Santa Fe Limited when a frightened young woman interrupts his journey. She calls herself Beverley White, admits the surname is false, and begs him to hide her until Chicago. A man elsewhere on the train terrifies her, but she cannot explain why.
Roger offers her his compartment and invents a family connection to shield her. Then Beverley places an unaddressed envelope with gold seals in his care. He suspects a trick, yet chooses to stand guard. In The Lion’s Mouse, C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson bring romance and mystery together around a dangerous question: how much can a stranger’s trust demand?
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- A guarded man unsettled Watch Roger’s tough self-image falter as concern for Beverley becomes something warmer.
- A name that conceals Meet a woman who asks for protection while withholding even her full identity.
- An envelope worth guarding A sealed packet gives Roger something concrete to protect, but little he can understand.
- Suspense in close quarters A closed compartment and a watchful night turn a railway journey into uneasy shelter.
- Loyalty under social pressure Enter a world where reputation matters and friendship can be useful as well as sincere.
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The Lion's Mouse
by C. N. Williamson; A. M. Williamson· 1919
In fashionable society, secrets blur the line between friends and rivals, putting trust and loyalty at risk.
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A popular romance from a writing partnership
C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson were husband and wife. Charles Norris Williamson and Alice Muriel Williamson worked together for years and produced a long shelf of novels. Their names on a cover promised light, quick reading with travel, love and a touch of danger.
The Lion's Mouse follows this pattern. It is a book written to be enjoyed in an evening or a few sittings, and its plots lean on mystery and personal connection.
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Who wrote The Lion's Mouse?
It was written by C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson, a married English couple who co-wrote many popular romances and adventure novels in the early twentieth century.
What kind of book is The Lion's Mouse?
It is a romantic novel of intrigue, the kind of popular fiction that mixes society settings, secrets and divided loyalties with a quick, entertaining style.
Is The Lion's Mouse hard to read?
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The author
C. N. Williamson
1857–1920 · British novelist and motoring journalist
British writer and motoring journalist, novelist frequently as duo with wife A. M. Williamson.
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