Penguin Classics Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief: Inspiration for the Major Streaming Series, (Paperback)

from humouress

{Short story collection, Arsène Lupin series. Crime, golden age detective.} (2007) An English 'best of' selection of stories taken from several anthologies about a gentleman-thief, later turned detective, translated from French. Like the Sherlock Holmes stories these were modelled on, these were...

from JBD1

Went looking for this one after seeing the new Netflix show "Lupin" (which I highly recommend). The book wasn't quite as good - I found most of the stories a bit meh. But that just makes me look forward even more to the second series of the show!

from Literate.Ninja

I am a great fan of the Lupin III series by Monkey Punch, wherein the titular character claims to be the grandson of the famous French thief, so I'm really not sure why it took me so long to read the original work. And I must say, I was not disappointed with it. Arsene Lupin, as the title suggest...

from encephalical

Ridiculous fun. The reveal is everything. Later entries with the romantic conquest are a bit cringe-worthy.

from EricCostello

Enormously entertaining series of short stories starring the titular gentleman-thief-turned-detective. Some of the stories are quite ingenious, and the one where Lupin unravels (almost literally) a mystery involving a murdered music-hall figure is in particular a highlight. Only the jabs at Sherl...