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The sting

by William Le Queux

Level B2 · Upper-intermediateMystery24 chapters
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CEFR level
B2
Length
24 chapters
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About this book

About this book

A wealthy baronet faces relentless blackmail from a cunning doctor whose demands threaten to unravel dark secrets tied to betrayal and ruin. Suspense builds in a lakeside villa where trust and survival hang by a thread.

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Contents

24 chapters in all. The first chapter is free to read with no account.

02CHAPTER II. A GRIM STORY
03CHAPTER III. AN ENCOUNTER BY NIGHT
04CHAPTER IV. THE HAND OF DEATH
05CHAPTER V. DR. LAIDLAW TAKES A HAND
06CHAPTER VI. ARRESTED!
07CHAPTER VII. THE HIDDEN DOOR
08CHAPTER VIII. COMEDY BY NIGHT
09CHAPTER IX. THE APPROACHING HOUR
10CHAPTER X. A MIDNIGHT SCUFFLE
11CHAPTER XI. SEALED LIPS
12CHAPTER XII. MR. BENSON FORMS A PLAN

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