The Eight Strokes of the Clock
                        
                     
                                                         
                
                    The Eight Strokes of the Clock
                                            
                            By Maurice Leblanc
                            
                                22 Nov, 2018                            
                            
                         
                                        
                                                                        A collection of eight short stories: At The Sign Of Mercury, Footprints In The Snow, The Lady With The Hatchet, Thérèse And Germaine, The Tell-Tale Film, The Case Of Jean Louis, The Water-Bottle, and On The Top Of The Tower.
 In Paris, six women
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                                                A collection of eight short stories: At The Sign Of Mercury, Footprints In The Snow, The Lady With The Hatchet, Thérèse And Germaine, The Tell-Tale Film, The Case Of Jean Louis, The Water-Bottle, and On The Top Of The Tower.
 In Paris, six women have vanished, only to be found a week later, emaciated and disfigured, their skulls split open. What little evidence the police have suggests that the murderer is a woman and that she is preparing to strike again. When Prince Rénine's lover disappears on a cold night in October, he fears that she is about to become the latest victim. Most noblemen would be helpless to rescue her before the hatchet falls, but Rénine is an alias of Arsène Lupin, the world's greatest thief, and he will stop at nothing to catch the killer. Fearsome creatures may lurk in the back alleys of Paris, but none is as dangerous, or as brilliant, as Arsène Lupin. Less