検索キーワード： "Maurice LeBlanc" スリラー・サスペンス

After Véronique d'Hergemont's father kidnaps her young son as revenge for her choice of husband, and subsequently drowns at sea in their escape, Véronique is left devastated for years. However, since investigating into their disappearance further, she begins receiving clues that her son might still be alive. Led to a mysterious island off the coast of Brittany, shrouded in ominous omens, Véronique comes across a particularly haunting prophecy: 'Four women on the cross, stone of God that gives life or death. Thirty sacrifices for thirty coffins.'

Charming rogue, Arsène Lupin, returns once again, only to find himself as the suspect in a leading murder case. After one of his previous victims, the millionaire Kesselbach, is found dead in a Parisian hotel room, the gentleman thief is determined to prove his innocence. Set to uncover the real culprit, Lupin uncharacteristically joins the police’s efforts and delves into the mystery at hand. Powerful and dangerous enemies await, seemingly orchestrating crimes from the shadows, while a dark political conspiracy threatens to end Lupin’s life as he knows it.

Paris is aghast at the news that of one of Lupin’s victims was discovered murdered. As the bodies continue to pile up, Lupin demonstrates his indefatigable tenacity - on a mission to clear his name and discover the shattering secret of 813.

The first story, "The Blonde Lady", opens with the purchase of an antique desk by a mathematics professor. The desk is subsequently stolen, as it turns out, by Arsène Lupin. Later, both Lupin and the professor realize that a lottery ticket, left inadvertently in the desk, is the winning ticket, and Lupin proceeds to ensure he obtains half of the winnings while executing a near-impossible escape with a blonde lady. After the theft of the Blue Diamond, again by a blonde lady, Ganimard made the connection to Lupin and an appeal was made to Herlock Sholmes to match wits with Lupin.

Enfermé à la prison de La Santé à Paris depuis son retour d'Amérique, Arsène Lupin clame à qui veut l'entendre qu'il n'assistera pas à son procès, puisqu'il est bien décidé à s'évader au plus vite. L'inspecteur Ganimard et les forces de police feront tout pour l'en empêcher. Mais peut-on empêcher Lupin d'atteindre ses objectifs ?

Maurice Leblanc, creatore del fortunato personaggio di Arsenio Lupin, ha scritto nel 1916-17 questo romanzo a puntate, che fu pubblicato in Italia in due volumi: "Il cerchio rosso" e "Le avventure di Fiorenza". Il romanzo non vede la partecipazione di Lupin. Quello che non manca sono le avventure e la fantasia dello scrittore, che elegge come eroina una donna coraggiosa e generosa che assume il ruolo di "giustiziera" intervenendo, con mezzi non ortodossi, in situazioni in cui la legge ha le mani legate.

Master criminal Arsene Lupin is at it again in the taut thriller 813. When Lupin is framed for murder, the famed thief enters the fray of the investigation in an attempt to clear his name and prove that his moral code, though unorthodox, is unwavering.

¡Arsène Lupin en la cárcel! Ridiculizado por la prensa, aislado por la policía, ¿cómo hará para demostrar su inocencia en los crímenes de los que se le acusa? Arsène Lupin hace pública su voluntad de fugarse de la cárcel, pero su archienemigo LM logra cortarle todas las comunicaciones con el exterior. Un día, recibe una misteriosa visita en la celda. El Kaiser de Alemania sabe que Lupin anda detrás de unos papeles que podrían comprometer la paz de Europa y accede a lograr su libertad si los encuentra antes que nadie.

1921. Arsène Lupin se dedica ahora a la educación de niños pobres en la zona accidentada al norte de París. Pero las "fuerzas oscuras" quieren apropiarse de un libro misterioso, propiedad de uno de sus antepasados, quien fue un general del Imperio. Estos bandidos están dispuestos a todo, incluso a poner en peligro la vida de Cora de Lerne, "el último y único amor" del famoso caballero-ladrón.

¡Nuestro querido Lupin, en la cárcel! En este colofón a la titánica saga del enigmático número 813, Arsenio Lupin ha dado con sus huesos en prisión, donde le espera una larga temporada. Sin embargo, Lupin recibe la visita del mismísimo Kaiser, consciente de que Lupin es el único capaz de dar con los documentos en cuyo interior reside el destino de toda Europa. Por desgracia, nuevos jugadores han irrumpido en la más peligrosa de las partidas: Lupin habrá de lanzarse a una carrera contra el tiempo para descifrar el enigma del 813 antes que el mismísimo Sherlock Holmes.

Sin tregua alguna para el lector, el trepidante misterio iniciado en "813" continúa con un maquiavélico juego de identidades secretas, suplantaciones, intrigas políticas internacionales, acusaciones en falso y un intrincado plan por hacerse con el control de Europa entera. Sin embargo, en el centro de todo se alza la figura de nuestro querido Arsène Lupin, el único capaz de plantar cara a quien está detrás de la red de traiciones y enigmas que pretende acabar con él: el pérfido y misterioso L. M.

El duelo definitivo entre el mayor de los detectives y el ladrón más habilidoso del mundo. Las andanzas de Lupin han hecho que sus enemigos se confabulen para traer a Sherlock Holmes desde Londres para dar caza al escurridizo ladrón. Holmes descubrirá tres de los mayores secretos de Lupin, pero quizá nuestro querido bribón tenga aún un as guardado en la manga...

Witness as Arsène Lupin boldly makes a name for himself as a gentleman-thief in “Madame Imbert’s Safe” and “The Queen’s Necklace”. In “The Arrest of Arsène Lupin”, passengers onboard a transatlantic steamer fear for their valuables when the captain announces that Arsène Lupin has snuck onto the ship...and he could be disguised as anyone. Just when it seems like there is no match for him, Lupin goes head-to-head with the famous English detectives Sherlock Holmes and Herlock Sholmes. 

An original and entertaining selection of crime stories all committed on the railways. Authors include Baroness Orczy (most famous for The Scarlet Pimpernel) and Maurice Leblanc (most famous for Arsene Lupin...

Over a 25-year period, author Maurice Leblanc wrote of the exploits of gentleman thief and master of disguise Arsène Lupin, to the delight of readers on the continent and elsewhere. Often referred to as France's version of Sherlock Holmes, Lupin in this early appearance is wrongfully accused of the death of a prominent German millionaire with nefarious plans. The thief and the mysterious killer find themselves in a race to find an incriminating bundle of letters that, in the wrong hands, could change the political map of the world.

Arsène Lupin à hauteur d'enfant : la première aventure du célèbre gentleman cambrioleur.

DES MEURTRES IMPOSSIBLES ! 9 nouvelles ou courts romans célèbres, mettant en scène des meurtres commis dans des lieux hermétiquement fermés. 9 énigmes qui sont autant de défis aux capacités de déduction et d'imagination de l'audiolecteur.