Maurice Leblanc 
The Secret of Sarek 

The Secret of Sarek Maurice Leblanc – The Secret of Sarek (also known as The Island of Thirty Coffins) is a french novel by Maurice Leblanc published in 1919. The action begins in France in 1917. The heroine of the story is Véronique d’Hergemont. Fourteen years ago, in 1903, her father, Professor Antoine d’Hergemont, had kidnapped her baby as revenge for her marriage to Count Vorski. While watching a film, Véronique spots her childhood signature ‘V d’H’ mysteriously written on the side of a hut in the background of a scene. She visits the island of Sarek, where an ancient prophecy comes true: ‘Four women on the cross, stone of God that gives life or death. Thirty sacrifices for thirty coffins.’Get other Arsène Lupin books in the Sea Wolf Press Arsène Lupin 100th Anniversary Collection.

A propos de l’auteur

Maurice Leblanc (1864 – 1941) was a French novelist, best known as the creator of gentleman thief (later detective) Arsène 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.