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Captain Brocq, an officer of the Ministry of War, is assassinated while in possession of documents containing military secrets. The journalist Jerome Fandor, covering the story for La Capitale, seeks an interview with an associate of the murdered man, a diplomat called Baron Naarboveck. The reporter suspects spies employed by a foreign government, but Inspector Juve believes there is only one criminal who could be behind the tangled web of intrigue--the Genius of Evil himself, FantOmas
"From the imaginative standpoint FantOmas is one of the richest works that exist." -Guillaume Apollinaire
Juve languishes in prison after being arrested as FantOmas, but when the Minster of Justice is kidnapped, the public is thrown back into fear and confusion, doubting whether it is really FantOmas who has been thrown in jail. Following this renewed wave of crime, the American detective Tom Bob sends word to the press that he will travel to Paris to investigate these mysteries, but will the famous detective be able to catch FantOmas and free Inspector Juve?
-From the imaginative standpoint FantOmas is one of the richest works that exist.- --Guillaume Apollinaire
When the home of Dr. Chaleck is robbed and the corpse of a woman found crushed to death, Inspector Juve pursues the gang leader Loupart in connection with the gruesome crime. He and the journalist Jerome Fandor relentlessly pursue suspects, narrow escaping high-speed train wrecks, blazing infernos, and the diabolical snares of the Genius of Crime, Fantomas.
"From the imaginative standpoint Fant mas is one of the richest works that exist." -Guillaume Apollinaire
The Baroness de Vibray has been poisoned. The painter Jacques Dollon is arrested, but he is discovered dead in his prison cell, an apparent suicide, before he can be questioned. The journalist Fandor attempts to unravel the mystery, suspecting none other than the Genius of Evil, Fant mas. Through passageways and sewers, over rooftops, he follows clues and runs into trouble with gangsters. Believing Fant mas is planning to rob the Barbey-Nanteuil Bank a trap is set for the master criminal-but will he escape again?
"From the imaginative standpoint Fant mas is one of the richest works that exist." -Guillaume Apollinaire
The Marquise de Langrune is savagely murdered in her chateau, a certain Lord Beltham vanishes, a princess is robbed of her jewels, and an ocean liner sinks. Behind these mysteries Inspector Juve of the Paris SUretE recognizes the hand of the Lord of Terror, FantOmas. Chasing false leads, tracking suspects in disguise through the dive bars of the underworld, he is obsessed with catching the shapeshifting arch-criminal who haunts the Parisian bourgeoisie.
"From the imaginative standpoint FantOmas is one of the richest works that exist." -Guillaume Apollinaire
The journalist Fandor befriends the King of Hesse-Weimar during one of his Majesty's incognito pleasure trips to Paris, but when the King's mistress is found dead, having fallen from a third-floor window, Inspector Juve is called upon to investigate. When the indomitable detective discovers Lady Beltham, the lover of Fant mas, in disguise among the royal court of Hesse-Weimar, Juve suspects it is none other than the Lord of Terror who is behind the plot against the King.
"From the imaginative standpoint Fant mas is one of the richest works that exist." -Guillaume Apollinaire
"Absurd and magnificent lyricism." -Jean Cocteau
Автор: Souvestre Pierre Название: Slippery as Sin ISBN: 0996659927 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780996659925 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 2752.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание:
Intrepid journalist Jerome Fandor picks up the trail of FantOmas in London, but before he can relay the details to Inspector Juve in Paris, the Lord of Terror pounces. Meanwhile a certain Dr. Garrick, suspected of the murder of his missing wife, flees with his mistress aboard an ocean liner, with Detective Shepard of the "Council of Five" (Scotland Yard's top agents) in pursuit. Madame Garrick, presumed dead, is in France and could exonerate her estranged husband, but only Juve knows the terrible secret of her true identity.
"From the imaginative standpoint FantOmas is one of the richest works that exist." --Guillaume Apollinaire
"Absurd and magnificent lyricism." --Jean Cocteau
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