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"The rat trap" by William Le Queux is a novel written in the early 20th century. Set amid Continental hotel glamour that shades into menace, it follows well-off cosmopolitan Frank Aylmer as he becomes entangled with the captivating Eileen Quentin, her older, courteous “husband” Richard, and their unsettling companion Martyn. A bold jewel robbery and the arrival of an overbearing American millionaire widen the social circle and hint at a deeper web of jealousy, deception, and crime that is likely to extend from Ostend to London.
At the start of the novel, Aylmer and his younger friend Claude Peyton meet Eileen, Richard Quentin, and Richard’s dour friend Martyn at Ostend’s Hôtel Continental, where Aylmer is swiftly captivated. Eileen and Aylmer dance, Martyn shows thinly veiled hostility, and Quentin remains placidly indulgent. A daring dinner-hour jewel raid robs a bejeweled widow and strips Eileen’s room, prompting Aylmer to suspect an inside accomplice. The brash millionaire Cyrus J.
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