Showing results for "Maurice LeBlanc" in Thriller & Suspense

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.

Charismatic and roguish, gentleman thief Arsène Lupin returns once again in a quest to locate the ‘Hollow Needle’, a centuries-old legend said to contain the gold and precious jewels belonging to generations of French aristocracy. Isidore Beautrelet, a precocious young detective, is hot on Lupin’s heels as he attempts to crack the mystery of the Hollow Needle and swindle its fortune. Despite Lupin’s cunning tricks and disguises, Beautrelet gets closer and closer to the truth in what becomes a thrilling battle of intellect and wit.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Este es el último de los tres audiolibros que conforman la saga literaria en la que se inspira la serie "Lupin". Un triple asesinato en un hotel elegante de París. Una caja fuerte desvalijada. Todas las sospechas recaen en Arsène Lupin, aunque se lo cree muerto por un disparo de Herlock...

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

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.)