The Hollow Needle (The Arsène Lupin Adventures Book 3) -

Maurice Leblanc

MysteriousPress.com / Open Road

2014

355 páginas

11h 50m

ISBN-10: B00O1E3XK0

Arsène Lupin is the greatest thief in the world. With his abundant wit and brilliance, Lupin gleefully disrupts the lives of France's cultural elite with his daring escapades. In this story, Lupin discovers the secret treasure of the Kings of France, a legendary fortune passed down since Roman times. The Hollow Needle is a novel by Maurice Leblanc.
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A boy detective takes on the most brilliant thief in Europe, in the classic series that inspired the Netflix show Lupin.
In a country manor, a terrible noise awakes the household. Downstairs, the estate’s secretary has been murdered. There are signs of a break-in, but everything appears to be in its proper place. What kind of thief would commit murder to steal nothing?

The first detective on the case is Isidore Beautrelet, a precocious teenager who wears a fake beard to disguise the fact that he has not yet graduated from high school. Although the other investigators do not take him seriously, Beautrelet is the one to pick up the trail of Arsène Lupin, the gentleman thief. Lupin, it is soon discovered, is chasing the most valuable object he has ever had the opportunity to steal: the Hollow Needle. Passed down for generations by the kings of France, it holds a secret that could undo the republic. No one has ever managed to foil one of Lupin’s fiendish plans, but Beautrelet is counting on beginner’s luck.