The Hollow Needle; Further adventures of Arsene Lupin

According to Wikipedia: «Maurice Marie Émile Leblanc (11 November 1864 — 6 November 1941) was a French novelist and writer of short stories, known primarily as the creator of the fictional gentleman thief and detective Arsène Lupin, often described as a French counterpart to Arthur Conan Doyle's creation Sherlock Holmes.