The Sign of Silence: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Sign of Silence, credited to William Le Queux, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The Sign of Silence, by William Le Queux. Read by Tom Weiss. 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)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Sign of Silence
• Author credits: William Le Queux
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 32
• Listed recording duration: 7:06:56

Catalogue topics

• fiction
• mystery
• murder

Opening tracks: first 24 of 32

1. 01 - Chapter 1, Introduces A Gentleman — 20:03
2. 02 - Chapter 2, The Scent — 21:34
3. 03 - Chapter 3, Describes The Trysting Place — 15:00
4. 04 - Chapter 4, Dear Old Dig — 13:36
5. 05 - Chapter 5, Time Will Prove — 13:01
6. 06 - Chapter 6, The Piece of Conviction — 11:50
7. 07 - Chapter 7, Fatal Fingers — 13:11
8. 08 - Chapter 8, Contains Further Evidence — 13:28
9. 09 - Chapter 9, Describes The Yellow Sign — 11:47
10. 10 - Chapter 10, Cherchez La Femme — 15:47
11. 11 - Chapter 11, In Which An Allegation Is Made — 11:40
12. 12 - Chapter 12, Phrida Makes Confession — 12:58
13. 13 - Chapter 13, The Fugitive's Secret — 13:54
14. 14 - Chapter 14, Reveals A Further Deception — 11:44
15. 15 - Chapter 15, An Effaced Identity — 12:41
16. 16 - Chapter 16, Reveals Another Enigma — 12:00
17. 17 - Chapter 17, Concerns Mrs. Petre — 11:06
18. 18 - Chapter 18, Discloses The Trap — 13:18
19. 19 - Chapter 19, The Seal of Silence — 12:03
20. 20 - Chatper 20, From The Tomb — 10:57
21. 21 - Chapter 21, Records A Strange Statement — 11:04
22. 22 - Chapter 22, Marie Bracq! — 13:55
23. 23 - Chapter 23, Love's Confession — 12:40
24. 24 - Chapter 24, Official Secrecy — 13:06

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