# Checkmate

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- Book: [Checkmate](https://www.bookquiver.com/sheridan-le-fanu/checkmate) ([Checkmate.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/sheridan-le-fanu/checkmate.md))
- Authors: [Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu](https://www.bookquiver.com/sheridan-le-fanu)
- Publisher: hachette_india_little_brown
- ISBN: 978-93-5731-042-0
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2025-11-20
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

" The match is over, and you may rise now and say Checkmate." Walter Longcluse is a mysterious figure, a drifter and self-made man whose travels throughout France, Austria, and England resulted in a large personal fortune. Being personable, he is quickly accepted into the Arden family, former aristocrats whose once ascendant star has lately waned with unpaid debts and the shadow of a murder. As Longcluse courts Alice Arden, brother Richard becomes fast friends with Longcluse. A visit to a gambling club one night brings them face to face with Monsieur Lebas, a brute who seems to recognize Longcluse but is almost immediately found murdered. The story unfolds, to thrilling conclusion, with a surprising plot twist right at the end. Checkmate is a chillingly atmospheric tale of betrayal as only Le Fanu could create.