Arsene Lupin vs Sherlock Holmes: The Blonde Phantom

The first in a trilogy of famous French Holmesian pastiches. Maurice Leblanc's classic 1906 thriller pits France's notorious Gentleman Burglar against England's Great Detective in a deadly duel over the legendary BLUE DIAMOND, stolen by Lupin with the help of the mysterious "Blonde Phantom" and which Holmes has sworn to recover at all costs. In a second novella, dated 1907, Holmes and Lupin spar again, over the mysterious « Jewish Lamp ».The book also includes ARSENE LUPIN ARRIVES TOO LATE, and THE UNKINDEST CUT, two all-new encounters between the Gentleman Burglar and the Great Detective, written by J.-M. & Randy Lofficier.