{"product_id":"2940013332560","title":"The Triumphs of Eugene Valmont","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.  _The Mystery of the Five Hundred Diamonds_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2.  _The Siamese Twin of a Bomb-Thrower_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3.  _The Clue of the Silver Spoons_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4.  _Lord Chizelrigg's Missing Fortune_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5.  _The Absent-Minded Coterie_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e6.  _The Ghost with the Club-Foot_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e7.  _The Liberation of Wyoming Ed_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e8.  _Lady Alicia's Emeralds_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAPPENDIX: TWO SHERLOCK HOLMES PARODIES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.  The Adventures of Sherlaw Kombs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2.  The Adventure of the Second Swag\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       *       *       *       *       *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. _The Mystery of the Five Hundred Diamonds_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen I say I am called Valmont, the name will convey no impression to\u003cbr\u003ethe reader, one way or another. My occupation is that of private\u003cbr\u003edetective in London, but if you ask any policeman in Paris who Valmont\u003cbr\u003ewas he will likely be able to tell you, unless he is a recent recruit.\u003cbr\u003eIf you ask him where Valmont is now, he may not know, yet I have a\u003cbr\u003egood deal to do with the Parisian police.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor a period of seven years I was chief detective to the Government of\u003cbr\u003eFrance, and if I am unable to prove myself a great crime hunter, it is\u003cbr\u003ebecause the record of my career is in the secret archives of Paris.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI may admit at the outset that I have no grievances to air. The French\u003cbr\u003eGovernment considered itself justified in dismissing me, and it did\u003cbr\u003eso. In this action it was quite within its right, and I should be the\u003cbr\u003elast to dispute that right; but, on the other hand, I consider myself\u003cbr\u003ejustified in publishing the following account of what actually\u003cbr\u003eoccurred, especially as so many false rumours have been put abroad\u003cbr\u003econcerning the case. However, as I said at the beginning, I hold no\u003cbr\u003egrievance, because my worldly affairs are now much more prosperous\u003cbr\u003ethan they were in Paris, my intimate knowledge of that city and the\u003cbr\u003ecountry of which it is the capital bringing to me many cases with\u003cbr\u003ewhich I have dealt more or less successfully since I established\u003cbr\u003emyself in London.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47079490453744,"sku":"2940013332560","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013332560_p0.jpg?v=1763579828","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013332560","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}