E.T.A. Hoffmann 
Mademoiselle Scuderi 

Set in Paris during King Louis the fourteenth’s reign, E.T.A Hoffmann’s ‘Mademoiselle Scuderi’ throws the reader into a city under siege from an organised group of thieves who rob citizens of their expensive jewellery. Aristocrat, Mademoiselle Scuderi, pens a poem mocking the men who now fear going out at night to see their mistresses but when an unexpected man visits her and delivers a box of jewellery, as thanks for supporting the thieves, Scuderi is plunged into a dangerous game of passion, crime, and murder.People who enjoyed Netflix’s adaptation of ‘Lupin’ shouldn’t hesitate to read Hoffmann’s exciting crime thriller ‘Mademoiselle Scuderi’-