The Teeth of the Tiger

In an intricate web of duplicity and forensic curiosity, the legendary gentleman rogue Arsène Lupin, masquerading under the aristocratic pseudonym Paul Sernine, emerges from a self-imposed exile to safeguard the interests of his infirm confidant, Henry Forbes. The narrative pivots on a brutal homicide within a fortified domestic sphere, where Forbes is extinguished despite the vigilant surveillance of Sernine and the reformed felon-turned-investigator Alexandre Mazeroux. What follows is a labyrinthine investigation led by the French operative Jabot and a contingent of New York’s finest, whose suspicions oscillate between the enigmatic Sernine and a gallery of potential conspirators. The evidentiary centerpiece—a fruit bearing the distinct dental impressions of the widow, Marie Forbes—serves as a catalyst for a series of high-stakes escapades involving secret architectural conduits, explosive booby traps, and judicial misdirection. As Sernine navigates the treacherous waters of false accusations and mechanical deathtraps, he unmasks the devious Doctor Varney as the architect of the chaos, ultimately securing both the estate’s safety and the devotion of the disenfranchised heiress, Florence Chandler.