This is a spoiler-free review of the second book in the Arsène Lupin series. Think of it as a heist story meets detective fiction, where the thief is the star and everyone else is just trying to keep up. The whole thing reads like a playful rivalry between brilliant minds, written with a smirk rather…
Some characters arrive fully formed. Brilliant from page one, flawless in execution, never stumbling. Arsène Lupin isn’t one of them. Arsène Lupin, Gentleman Burglar by Maurice Leblanc is a collection of nine short stories introducing one of literature’s most famous thieves. But what makes it interesting isn’t watching a master criminal pull off perfect heists….