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The Sign of Silence

Gelesen von Tom Weiss

(4,348 Sterne; 158 Bewertungen)

Edward Royle is the head of a well-known chemical manufacturer in England, which he has inherited. He is engaged to the daughter of his father’s former partner, Phrida Shand, who lives with her mother. One night he is asked by his friend, Sir Digby Kemsley – a very famous railroad engineer, to come to his flat to discuss something although Kemsley is quite mysterious on the telephone. Royle visits, then returns home only to be summoned again by Kemsley, this time imploring him to return at once. Royle finds a gentleman in Kemsley’s place who is clearly not Kemsley, or is he? Kemsley asks Royle to trust him but that night, a young woman is murdered at Kemsley’s flat. Kemsley has disappeared. Royle discovers that his fiancé was in Kemsley’s flat at the time of the murder and is obviously hiding something. Once again, Le Queux takes us through a maze of intrigue and locations in Europe. (Summary by Tom Weiss) (7 hr 6 min)

Chapters

01 - Chapter 1, Introduces A Gentleman

20:03

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02 - Chapter 2, The Scent

21:34

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03 - Chapter 3, Describes The Trysting Place

14:59

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04 - Chapter 4, Dear Old Dig

13:35

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05 - Chapter 5, Time Will Prove

13:00

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06 - Chapter 6, The Piece of Conviction

11:49

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07 - Chapter 7, Fatal Fingers

13:10

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08 - Chapter 8, Contains Further Evidence

13:28

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09 - Chapter 9, Describes The Yellow Sign

11:47

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10 - Chapter 10, Cherchez La Femme

15:47

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11 - Chapter 11, In Which An Allegation Is Made

11:39

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12 - Chapter 12, Phrida Makes Confession

12:58

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13 - Chapter 13, The Fugitive's Secret

13:54

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14 - Chapter 14, Reveals A Further Deception

11:43

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15 - Chapter 15, An Effaced Identity

12:40

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16 - Chapter 16, Reveals Another Enigma

11:59

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17 - Chapter 17, Concerns Mrs. Petre

11:06

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18 - Chapter 18, Discloses The Trap

13:18

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19 - Chapter 19, The Seal of Silence

12:02

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20 - Chatper 20, From The Tomb

10:57

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21 - Chapter 21, Records A Strange Statement

11:04

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22 - Chapter 22, Marie Bracq!

13:54

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23 - Chapter 23, Love's Confession

12:40

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24 - Chapter 24, Official Secrecy

13:05

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25 - Chapter 25, Fremy of the Sûreté

11:14

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26 - Chapter 26, Shows Expert Methods

12:37

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27 - Chapter 27, Edwards Becomes More Puzzled

12:02

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28 - Chapter 28, Further Admissions

15:17

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29 - Chapter 29, The Seller of Shawls

13:10

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30 - Chapter 30, Face To Face

15:23

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31 - Chapter 31, Shows The Truth Teller

15:12

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32 - Chatper 32, Is The Conclusion

9:50

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Bewertungen

Whoo hoo - another good one from Le Queux

(5 Sterne)

This story is very interesting. What would you do if you suspected someone you loved of murder, and all evidence pointed to that? Royale faces that exact situation. He decides to investigate the case himself, and finds himself surrounded by a deeper mystery than he ever could have imagined. Tom W is an excellent reader, and does a nice job with this story. Enjoy!

yearly read

(4 Sterne)

one of the least favorite from the author. It drags a bit with "tell me, tell me" then "no I can't. I can't" but in between all that, is a devilish tale. Great reader, too.

The Sign of Silence

(5 Sterne)

Nicely done! William never fails to come through with an amazing read! Tom, as always, is my all-time favorite reader! How can he not be? I will listen to this book again.

Terrific

(4 Sterne)

A great story and well read but for one sniggling irritant that being the way the reader pronounces the word "attitude". This reade in this story and all his other readings pronounces the word as "addeetude" or close to it. I hope someone tells him but I am so very surprised that he does it.

(3 Sterne)

good mystery and worth a listen as is read well, but it is very repetitive regarding 'declarations of love'. Also a number of chapters did not progress the story much at all because it seems the main characters spent most of their time 'telling each other how much they couldn't tell each other'!!

good narrator, leaden plot

(2 Sterne)

I've liked other Let Queux novels but this one was annoyingly repetitive, and Phrieda the most irritating damsel in distress. The narrator on the other hand did a good job.

(5 Sterne)

Another great book by William le queux; I’m ashamed to say I hadn’t heard of the author before listening to LibriVox books; very well read as always by Tom Weiss

Awesome!!

(5 Sterne)

I'm so glad I discovered this mystery author. Very intriguing! Am very enthused also with the voice. He's one of the best!!