Maurice Leblanc 
The Woman of Mystery 

The series that inspired the Netflix show Lupin. A chance encounter irrevocably alters the course of one man’s life, and the tensions between France and Germany boil over…

In ‘The Woman of Mystery’, Leblanc paints a wonderful tale of WWI in France, twined together with the mystery surrounding the murder of main character Paul’s father. In 1898, a young boy watches in horror as his father is stabbed to death by a mysterious woman wearing a black lace scarf and an ornate brooch, Years later, when he arrives with his new bride at the chateau that was part of her dowry, he sees in a portrait the face of his father’s murderer, wearing the same black lace and brooch — his wife’s late mother.

Then he himself is attacked by a man resembling that same woman. Torn between love and repulsion for his bride, and plagued by self doubt, he answers the call to arms as world war begins.

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.