Arsène Lupin vs. Herlock Sholmes
Maurice Leblanc
Paper Book
Minutes after M. Gerbois, an unassuming professor of mathematics, purchases a small mahogany writing-desk for his daughter, he is swiftly approached by a young man offering him three times the price for it. Impatiently, he refuses. That evening, the desk is stolen - and, with it, the winning ticket...