Checkmate (Horler novel)

Checkmate
First edition (publ. Hodder & Stoughton)
AuthorSydney Horler
Published1930

Checkmate (1930) is a novel by English writer Sydney Horler. The book describes the lifestyle of the wealthy social elite and includes elements of crime and adventure.

The novel is about a gang of four international criminals who hire a young and naïve English girl as an innocent decoy in a scheme to rid an English aristocrat of her family jewels.

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