The Souvestre, Pierre 1874-1914 creator Allain, Marcel 1885-1969 Allinson, A. R. (Alfred Richard) 1852-1929 text utu 2023 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "The Long Arm of Fantômas" by Pierre Souvestre and Marcel Allain is a detective novel written in the early 20th century. This work is part of a series that follows the exploits of the elusive criminal Fantômas and his adversaries. The story revolves around a series of mysterious events that include a bank collector’s murder, a corrupt advocate, and the entanglement of several dubious characters, all set against the backdrop of Paris. At the start of the narrative, we meet M. Moche, an advocate-turned-businessman who is involved in less-than-legal activities. After a bank collector is brutally murdered in a flat upstairs, Moche's greed leads him to steal the banknotes that were meant for another. Meanwhile, we are introduced to Paulet and Nini, a young couple engaged in questionable dealings, as well as Jérôme Fandor, a journalist who is on a quest to investigate the truth behind Fantômas. The opening sets up a complex web of crime and deception, with Moche's opportunism and the impending danger of Fantômas's return creating a suspenseful atmosphere that pulls readers into the unfolding intrigue. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Release date is 2023-09-07 Charlene Taylor, David Wilson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) Originally published: New York: The Macauley Company, 1924 Detective and mystery stories Fantômas (Fictitious character) -- Fiction PQ New York: The Macauley Company, 1924 24005504 https://archive.org/details/longarmoffantoma00souv/page/n7/mode/2up https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71587 https://archive.org/details/longarmoffantoma00souv/page/n7/mode/2up https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71587 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134645.0 71587