Maurice Leblanc 
The Teeth of the Tiger 

The Teeth of the Tiger Maurice Leblanc – The Teeth of the Tiger was published in this English translation in 1914, but wasnt available in the original French until its serialization in Le Journal in 1920. In the timeline of the series, The Teeth of the Tiger is set after the events of 813, and continues with the rebalancing of Lupin from a god-like genius to a fallible, albeit brilliant, man.Plot summary The fortunes of Don Luis Perenna seem set to only increase after the will of his friend, Cosmo Mornington, is read. Perenna stands to benefit by one million francs if he finds the true heir, and by one hundred million if they cant be found. But after both a detective and a potential recipient of the fortune die in the in the same way as Mornington, Perenna (alias Arsène Lupin) must fight to prove his innocence and discover the real murderer.

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.