William Le Queux

The Golden Face William Le Queux

"The Golden Face." The "Golden Face" is the mysterious leader of an organised gangs of ruthless thieves. The reader is taken on a step-by-step descent through the ranks of the dastardly organisation as the protagonist is thrown the underworld of crime. Extract: Grown accustomed during the war, however, to fending for myself and overcoming difficulties and problems of one sort and another, I at once set to work to look about for any kind of employment for which I fancied I might be fitted. After answering many advertisements to no purpose, I one day happened upon one in The Times which rather stirred my curiosity. It stated that a gentleman of good position, who had occasion to travel in many parts of the world, would like to hear from a young man with considerable experience in motor driving. The applicant should not be over thirty, and it was essential that he should be a gentleman and well educated, with a knowledge of foreign languages if possible; also that he should be thoroughly trustworthy and possessed of initiative. The salary would be a very liberal one.