The 1908 battle of wits between charismatic French genius burglar Arsène Lupin and the English detective 'Holmlock Shears' of Parker Street. The mystery writing is not as tight as the first volume of Lupin's adventures, but the humiliations inflicted on the characters borrowed from Arthur Conan Doyle are really funny, particularly the depiction of Dr Wilson as a sycophantic moron.
"'Tell me, Wilson, what's your opinion: why was Lupin in that restaurant?'
Wilson,without hesitation, replied:
'To get some dinner.'
'Wilson, the longer we work together, the more clearly I perceive the constant progress you are making. Upon my word, you're becoming amazing.'
Wilson blushed with satisfaction in the dark."
