Arsene Lupin vs. Sherlock Holmes

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Gentleman thief and detective Arsene Lupin conspires to match wits with the great Victorian detective Sherlock Holmes in Maurice Leblanc' s second collection of short stories. Brilliantly capturing each character' s extraordinary skills, Leblanc offers readers an array of entertaining adventures. The eight tales include "Lottery Ticket No. 514," "Sherlock Holmes Opens Hostilities," "Second Arrest of Arsene Lupin," "The Jewish Lamp," and others. Mystery lovers will find Lupin and Holmes the most cunning duo in crime fiction. CONTENTS: . Lottery Ticket No. 514 . The Blue Diamond . Sherlock Holmes Opens Hostilities . Light in the Darkness . An Abduction . Second Arrest of Arsene Lupin . The Jewish Lamp . The Shipwreck AUTHOR: Maurice Leblanc (1864 - 1941) was a French novelist, best known as the creator of gentleman thief (later detective) Arsene Lupin. Leblanc began as a journalist, until he was asked to write a short story filler, and created, more gallant and dashing than English counterpart Sherlock Holmes.