
BY MAURICE LEBLANC
CHAPTER ONE - D'ARTAGNAN, PORTHOS … AND MONTE CRISTO
DON LUIS PERENNA
CHAPTER TWO - A MAN DEAD
"MONSIEUR LE PRÉFET:
CHAPTER THREE - A MAN DOOMED
CHAPTER FOUR - THE CLOUDED TURQUOISE
"THE TEETH OF THE TIGER." - CHAPTER FIVE - THE IRON CURTAIN
CHAPTER SIX - THE MAN WITH THE EBONY WALKING-STICK
CHAPTER SEVEN - SHAKESPEARE'S WORKS, VOLUME VIII
A tense morning at the Paris police headquarters sets the stage for a high‑stakes chase. Inspector Vérot bursts in, visibly shaken, clutching a mysterious envelope and a small locked box that hold clues to a crime committed a month earlier. He fears that two more murders are about to unfold that very night unless the authorities act quickly.
The prefect’s secretary, caught between duty and the mounting anxiety of the inspector, becomes an unwitting accomplice as the urgency escalates. With the clock ticking toward a clandestine meeting, the story whirls through secretive notes, whispered warnings, and a looming sense of danger that threatens to engulf the entire precinct. Listeners will be drawn into a classic adventure of intrigue, where every clue could be the key to stopping a deadly plot.
Language
en
Duration
~12 hours (706K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Release date
2004-07-30
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1864–1941
Best known for creating Arsène Lupin, this French novelist and journalist brought wit, suspense, and style to popular fiction. His stories helped turn the gentleman thief into one of crime literature’s most enduring characters.
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