The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar

Arsène Lupin announces his burglaries in advance, by polite letter, and commits them anyway. France's gentleman thief is a master of disguise and misdirection who steals only from those who deserve it, flirts with the police, and treats crime as a form of wit. These nine stories introduce him in typically impossible style, starting with Lupin narrating his own arrest, and build to a cheeky duel with a certain celebrated English detective.

Leblanc created the anti-Holmes. Where Sherlock solves puzzles, Lupin constructs them, and the fun is watching the trick unfold from the trickster's side. Each story is a short, champagne-light con game, perfect for episodic listening, one heist per lunch break.

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