Libros de Maurice Leblanc (3 libros)

En 1912, aparece El tapón de cristal, la quinta novela que sobre el ladrón de guante blanco Arsenio Lupin escribiera Maurice Leblanc. En esta ocasión y como lo sugiere el título que propone para la aventura el propio protagonista (El tapón de cristal, o Cómo no hay que desanimarse nunca), Lupin se enfrenta a una situación que por momentos parece sobrepasar su ingenio. En un momento de desesperación declara: “Ninguna empresa me ha dado más quebraderos de cabeza ni me ha costado tanto trabajo como esta maldita aventura”. La novela, además de mantener al lector en constante...

An expert in law and medicine, skilled in martial arts, as well as a conjurer and a true seducer, Lupine is a hero of the underworld who is not beaten in shrewdness. As popular and emblematic as Sherlock Holmes or perhaps more, Arsène Lupine is an unforgettable character, already a legend. David M. Buisan illustrates the first nine stories of the charismatic white-collar thief. The first and acclaimed installment of the adventures of Arsène Lupine with which one of the best and most beloved heroes of police literature was born.

Next to the corpse of millionaire Kesselbach is a card from Arsène Lupine. Opposed to the theories of the attorney general and the minister of the interior, the police chief defends the thief in the case and directs the investigation towards a mysterious gang: the murderer of the stiletto and his accomplice.