The Czar’s Spy, written by The English/French author William Le Queux in 1905, is a tale of international espionage and intrigue. This tale takes the reader in a slalom excursion from Italy to England to Finland and Russia and back again. The reason for this journey is to solve a mystery but only adds more questions and ambiguous happenings instead of the sought of answers. The story’s hero finds the torn photograph of a beautiful woman falls in love with this poor victim of circumstance and risks his life and more to save her. The story has it all… love, murder, deceit and mystery. At the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth century’s, William Le Queux (1864-1927) was a prolific writer of mystery, espionage and thrillers and enjoyed much success but today is almost forgotten. This is a real shame as I think his style would appeal to many contemporary readers. I recommend it to everyone that enjoys naïve love and twisting mystery.