The House of Spies

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The House of Spies

by Warwick Deeping

EN·~7 hours·2 chapters

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THE HOUSE OF SPIES - BY - WARWICK DEEPING - With Frontispiece in color by - A. C. MICHAEL - New York - Cassell & Company, Limited - 1913

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The House of Spies

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In a moonlit country house, the night is shattered by the crack of a pistol as Jasper Benham leaps from his bed, thrust into a sudden raid on the stables. With a blunderbuss in hand and a loyal, trembling groom at his side, he races through dark corridors and shadowed passageways, confronting a gang of horse‑thieves led by the notorious Dan Stunt. The frantic chase across the yard, the flash of gunpowder, and the desperate scramble for lantern light thrust the young lieutenant into a perilous test of courage.

As the thieves vanish into the night, Jasper is left with more questions than answers—who sent them, and why target his family's estate now? The uneasy calm that follows hints at a deeper network of intrigue lurking beyond the immediate danger. Listeners will be drawn into a tense, fast‑moving mystery where loyalty, bravery, and hidden motives collide.

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Language

en

Duration

~7 hours (445K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Laura Natal Rodrigues at Free Literature (Images generously made available by Hathi Trust Digital Library.)

Release date

2021-07-16

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Warwick Deeping

Warwick Deeping

1877–1950

A doctor-turned-novelist, he became one of the most widely read English popular writers of the 1920s and 1930s, best known for the hugely successful Sorrell and Son. His fiction often blends emotional intensity with an eye for everyday struggle, which helped win him a large international readership.

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