Publisher's Synopsis
Maurice Marie Emile Leblanc was a French novelist and writer of short stories, known primarily as the creator of the fictional gentleman thief and detective Arsene Lupin, often described as a French counterpart to Arthur Conan Doyle's creation Sherlock Holmes. The eight strokes of the clock is a collection of stories of Maurice Leblanc featuring the adventures of Arsene Lupin, all of which have a common thread. To distract and seduce a young woman, Hortense Daniel, Arsene Lupin, with the identity of Prince Serge Renin, will focus on solving eight puzzles. Working with, for or against the police, Lupin fails to fly in the news. The use of the figure 8 is pushed to its climax in the story The Lady and the Axe. Contents: On The Top Of The Tower; The Water Bottle; The Case Of Jean Louis; The Tell-tale Film; Therese And Germaine; The Lady With The Hatchet; Footprints In The Snow; At The Sign Of Mercury.
