An honest girl unwittingly marries a scoundrel who is part of a criminal gang. Eventually she learns the truth. But how can she avoid bringing dishonour on her second husband? There's a sub-plot with German spies, a bunch of burglars and con-men, and some romance in this tightly-plotted story. William Tufnell Le Queux (2 July 1864 - 13 October 1927) was an Anglo-French journalist and writer. He was also a diplomat (honorary consul for San Marino), a traveller (in Europe, the Balkans and North Africa), a flying buff who officiated at the first British air meeting at Doncaster in 1909, and a wireless pioneer who broadcast music from his own station long before radio was generally available; his claims regarding his own abilities and exploits, however, were usually exaggerated.