 William Tufnell Le Queux was born in London. He was an art student in Paris but drifted soon into journalism. He worked mainly on the foreign desk of The Globe evening newspaper. In 1893 he turned to full-time writing. Not all of his books are crime novels but the booklist will contain all of his novels. |
Titles and year of publication:
| 1) Guilty Bonds | 1891 |
| 2) Strange Tales of a Nihilist (Also published as: A Secret Service: Being Strange Tales of a Nihilist [1896]) (short stories) | 1892 |
| 3) The Great War in England in 1897 | 1894 |
| 4) Stolen Souls (short stories) | 1895 |
| 5) The Temptress | 1895 |
| 6) Zoraida | 1895 |
| 7) The Great White Queen | 1896 |
| 8) Devil's Dice | 1897 |
| 9) The Eye of Istar | 1897 |
| 10) A Madonna of the Music Halls (Also published as: A Secret Sin; or, The Madonna of the Music Halls [1913]) | 1897 |
| 11) Whoso Findeth a Wife | 1897 |
| 12) If Sinners Entice Thee | 1898 |
| 13) Scribes and Pharisees | 1898 |
| 14) The Bond of Black | 1899 |
| 15) The Day of Temptation | 1899 |
| 16) England's Peril | 1899 |
| 17) The Veiled Man (short stories) | 1899 |
| 18) The Secrets of Monte Carlo (short stories) | 1899 |
| 19) An Eye for an Eye | 1900 |
| 20) In White Raiment | 1900 |
| 21) Of Royal Blood | 1900 |
| 22) Wiles of the Wicked | 1900 |
| 23) The Court of Honour | 1901 |
| 24) The Gamblers | 1901 |
| 25) Her Majesty's Minister | 1901 |
| 26) The Under-Secretary | 1902 |
| 27) The Unnamed | 1902 |
| 28) The Seven Secrets | 1903 |
| 29) Three Glass Eyes | 1903 |
| 30) The Tickencote Treasure | 1903 |
| 31) Secrets of the Foreign Office (short stories) | 1903 |
| 32) As We Forgive Them | 1904 |
| 33) The Closed Book | 1904 |
| 34) The Hunchback of Westminster | 1904 |
| 35) The Idol of the Town | 1904 |
| 36) The Man from Downing Street | 1904 |
| 37) The Red Hat | 1904 |
| 38) The Sign of the Stranger | 1904 |
| 39) Behind the Throne | 1905 |
| 40) The Czar's Spy | 1905 |
| 41) The Mask | 1905 |
| 42) Sins of the City | 1905 |
| 43) The Spider's Eye | 1905 |
| 44) The Valley of the Shadow | 1905 |
| 45) Who Giveth This Woman? | 1905 |
| 46) Confessions of a Ladies' Man (short stories) | 1905 |
| 47) The House of the Wicked | 1906 |
| 48) The Invasion of 1910 | 1906 |
| 49) The Mysterious Mr Miller | 1906 |
| 50) The Mystery of a Motor-Car | 1906 |
| 51) Whatsoever a Man Soweth | 1906 |
| 52) The Woman at Kensington | 1906 |
| 53) The Count's Chauffeur (short stories) | 1907 |
| 54) The Great Court Scandal | 1907 |
| 55) The Great Plot | 1907 |
| 56) The Secret of the Square | 1907 |
| 57) Whosoever Loveth: Being the Secret of a Lady's Maid | 1907 |
| 58) The Crooked Way | 1908 |
| 59) The Looker-On | 1908 |
| 60) The Pauper of Park Lane | 1908 |
| 61) Stolen Sweets | 1908 |
| 62) The Woman in the Way | 1908 |
| 63) The Lady in the Car (short stories) | 1908 |
| 64) Fatal Thirteen | 1909 |
| 65) The Red Room | 1909 |
| 66) The House of Whispers | 1909 |
| 67) Spies of the Kaiser (short stories) | 1909 |
| 68) Lying Lips | 1910 |
| 69) Treasure of Israel (US Title: The Great God Gold [1910]) | 1910 |
| 70) The Unknown Tomorrow | 1910 |
| 71) Hushed Up! | 1911 |
| 72) The Money-Spider | 1911 |
| 73) The Indiscretions of a Lady's Maid (short stories) | 1911 |
| 74) Revelations of the Secret Service (short stories) | 1911 |
| 75) The Death-Doctor (short stories) | 1912 |
| 76) Fatal Fingers | 1912 |
| 77) The Mystery of Nine | 1912 |
| 78) Without Trace | 1912 |
| 79) The Lost Million | 1913 |
| 80) The Price of Power | 1913 |
| 81) The Room of Secrets | 1913 |
| 82) Mysteries (short stories) | 1913 |
| 83) The German Spy | 1914 |
| 84) The Four Faces | 1914 |
| 85) The Hand of Allah (Also published as: The Riddle of the Ring [1927]) | 1914 |
| 86) Her Royal Highness | 1914 |
| 87) The Maker of Secrets | 1914 |
| 88) Sons of Satan | 1914 |
| 89) The White Lie | 1914 |
| 90) At the Sign of the Sword | 1915 |
| 91) The Double Shadow | 1915 |
| 92) The Mysterious Three | 1915 |
| 93) The Mystery of the Green Ray (Also published as: The Green Ray [1916]) | 1915 |
| 94) The Sign of Silence | 1915 |
| 95) The White Glove | 1915 |
| 96) The German Spy System from Within | 1915 |
| 97) Annette of the Argonne | 1916 |
| 98) The Broken Thread | 1916 |
| 99) The Man about Town | 1916 |
| 100) Number 70, Berlin | 1916 |
| 101) The Place of the Dragons | 1916 |
| 102) The Spy Hunter (short stories) | 1916 |
| 103) The Zeppelin Destroyer | 1916 |
| 104) "Cinders" of Harley Street (short stories) | 1916 |
| 105) The Way to Win | 1916 |
| 106) The Breath of Suspicion | 1917 |
| 107) The Devil's Carnival | 1917 |
| 108) No Greater Love | 1917 |
| 109) Two in a Tangle | 1917 |
| 110) Beryl of the Biplane (short stories) | 1917 |
| 111) The Bomb-Makers (short stories) | 1917 |
| 112) Donovan of Whitehall (short stories) | 1917 |
| 113) The Rainbow Mystery (short stories) | 1917 |
| 114) The Scandal-Monger (short stories) | 1917 |
| 115) Behind the German Lines | 1917 |
| 116) The Secrets of Potsdam (short stories) | 1917 |
| 117) More Secrets of Potsdam (short stories) | 1917 |
| 118) Further Secrets of Potsdam (short stories) | 1917 |
| 119) Hushed Up at German Headquarters (short stories) | 1917 |
| 120) Rasputin the Rascal Monk | 1917 |
| 121) The Catspaw | 1918 |
| 122) The Little Blue Goddess | 1918 |
| 123) The Minister of Evil | 1918 |
| 124) The Sister Disciple | 1918 |
| 125) The Stolen Statesman | 1918 |
| 126) The Yellow Ribbon | 1918 |
| 127) Sant of the Secret Service | 1918 |
| 128) Bolo the Super-Spy | 1918 |
| 129) The Lure of Love | 1918 |
| 130) The Secret Life of the Ex-Tsaritza | 1918 |
| 131) The Hotel X (short stories) | 1919 |
| 132) The Secret Shame of the Kaiser (short stories) | 1919 |
| 133) Cipher Six | 1919 |
| 134) The Doctor of Pimlico | 1919 |
| 135) The Forbidden Word | 1919 |
| 136) The King's Incognito | 1919 |
| 137) Rasputin in London | 1919 |
| 138) Secrets of the White Tsar | 1919 |
| 139) The Heart of a Princess | 1920 |
| 140) The Intriguers | 1920 |
| 141) No 7, Saville Square | 1920 |
| 142) The Red Widow; or, The Death-Dealers of London | 1920 |
| 143) The Terror of the Air | 1920 |
| 144) Whither Thou Goest | 1920 |
| 145) Mysteries of a Great City (short stories) | 1920 |
| 146) In Secret (short stories) | 1920 |
| 147) Society Intrigues I Have Known (short stories) | 1920 |
| 148) The Elusive Four (short stories) | 1921 |
| 149) The Luck of the Secret Service (short stories) | 1921 |
| 150) The Secret Telephone (short stories) | 1921 |
| 151) The Fifth Finger | 1921 |
| 152) The Lady-in-Waiting | 1921 |
| 153) Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo | 1921 |
| 154) The Open Verdict | 1921 |
| 155) The Power of the Borgias | 1921 |
| 156) This House to Let | 1921 |
| 157) The Golden Face | 1922 |
| 158) Three Knots | 1922 |
| 159) The Voice from the Void | 1922 |
| 160) The Young Archduchess | 1922 |
| 161) The Gay Triangle (short stories) | 1922 |
| 162) Tracked by Wireless (short stories) | 1922 |
| 163) Landru: His Secret Love Affairs | 1922 |
| 164) Where the Desert Ends | 1923 |
| 165) The Bronze Face (US Title: Behind the Bronze Door [1923]) | 1923 |
| 166) Fine Feathers | 1924 |
| 167) Bleke, the Butler (short stories) | 1924 |
| 168) The Stretton Street Affair | 1924 |
| 169) A Woman's Debt | 1924 |
| 170) The Crystal Claw | 1924 |
| 171) The Blue Bungalow | 1925 |
| 172) The Broadcast Mystery | 1925 |
| 173) The Marked Man | 1925 |
| 174) The Valrose Mystery | 1925 |
| 175) Hidden Hands (US Title: The Dangerous Game [1926]) | 1926 |
| 176) The Black Owl | 1926 |
| 177) The Fatal Face | 1926 |
| 178) The Letter 'E' (US Title: The Tattoe Mystery [1927]) | 1926 |
| 179) The Mystery of Mademoiselle | 1926 |
| 180) The Scarlet Sign | 1926 |
| 181) The Chameleon (US Title: Poison Shadows [1927]) | 1927 |
| 182) The House of Evil | 1927 |
| 183) The Lawless Hand | 1927 |
| 184) The Office Secret | 1927 |
| 185) Blackmailed | 1927 |
| 186) Double Nought (US Title: The Crime Code [1928]) | 1927 |
| 187) The Crimes Club (short stories) | 1927 |
| 188) Concerning This Woman | 1928 |
| 189) The Rat-Trap | 1928 |
| 190) The Secret Formula | 1928 |
| 191) The Sting | 1928 |
| 192) Twice Tried | 1928 |
| 193) The Peril of Helen Marklove (short stories) | 1928 |
| 194) The Amazing Count | 1929 |
| 195) The Crinkled Crown | 1929 |
| 196) The Golden Three | 1930 |
| 197) The Factotum (short stories) | 1931 |