
THE FANTÔMAS DETECTIVE NOVELS - A ROYAL PRISONER - BY - PIERRE SOUVESTRE - AND - MARCEL ALLAIN
CHAPTER I - A ROYAL JAG
CHAPTER II - MOTHER CITRON'S TENANTS
CHAPTER III - THE TRAGEDY OF THE RUE DE MONCEAU
CHAPTER IV - WHO DO THEY THINK I AM?
CHAPTER V - BY THE SINGING FOUNTAINS
CHAPTER VI - THE INVESTIGATION BEGINS
CHAPTER VII - THE KING RECEIVES
CHAPTER VIII - MARIE PASCAL
CHAPTER IX - A PARTY OF THREE
In the glittering streets of post‑war Paris, seasoned reporter Jérôme Fandor finds himself wandering the city’s night‑to‑day revelry after a tiresome banquet. A chance encounter with the elegant Isabelle de Guerray pulls him into a private gathering where the ordinary buzz of society fades into murmurs of something far more urgent. Though he’s accustomed to the urban pulse, Fandor’s solitary routine is about to collide with the world of the famed detective Juve, whose reputation for cracking impossible crimes precedes him.
When a startling royal secret surfaces—a mysterious prisoner whose very existence threatens the fragile balance of power—Fandor cannot resist the lure of a story that might finally give his life meaning. Together with Juve, he steps into a maze of shadowy aristocrats, hidden motives, and a theft that could reshape the kingdom. Listeners are invited to follow their chase through Parisian boulevards, opulent salons, and the dark underbelly where every clue brings them closer to a truth that nobody expected to uncover.
Language
en
Duration
~4 hours (284K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Suzanne Shell, Josephine Paolucci and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net. (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Release date
2009-01-13
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1874–1914
Best known as the co-creator of Fantômas, this French writer brought a sharp mix of pulp suspense, journalism, and early modern style to his work. His short career left a lasting mark on popular crime fiction.
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1885–1969
Best remembered as the co-creator of Fantômas, he helped give French popular fiction one of its great master criminals. His fast-moving, sensational stories left a lasting mark on crime and thriller writing.
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