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A review by timinbc
Arsene Lupin Vs. Herlock Sholmes by Maurice Leblanc
3.0
Not bad, got a bit samey after a while.
Lupin's a little TOO clever, and the logistics of his arrangements are well beyond credible. The note will arrive at 11, Holmes will be on the noon train, etc. And Lupin has half of Paris working for him, with instant communications that suggests cellphones in 1906.
Sholmes isn't quite as sharp as Conan Doyle's, and the Sholmes-Wilson relationship would be called a bit creepy these days, with a besotted admirer and a hero who gets Wilson injured regularly and doesn't seem to think anything of it. "Only four millimetres from the heart? Hah, as I expected."
I won't look for more of these. Maybe I'll check out Lecoq.
Lupin's a little TOO clever, and the logistics of his arrangements are well beyond credible. The note will arrive at 11, Holmes will be on the noon train, etc. And Lupin has half of Paris working for him, with instant communications that suggests cellphones in 1906.
Sholmes isn't quite as sharp as Conan Doyle's, and the Sholmes-Wilson relationship would be called a bit creepy these days, with a besotted admirer and a hero who gets Wilson injured regularly and doesn't seem to think anything of it. "Only four millimetres from the heart? Hah, as I expected."
I won't look for more of these. Maybe I'll check out Lecoq.