02525cam a22003613u 4500 76923 UtSlPG 20260610134800.0 m cr n 260607r20251918utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG fi iso639-1 PQ Sardou, Victorien, 1831-1908 La perle noir. Finnish Musta helmi Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2025 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier "Kariston 75 pennin romaaneja" 11. Release date is 2025-09-24 Tuula Temonen "Musta helmi" by Victorien Sardou is a novel written in the mid-19th century. Set in Amsterdam, it blends romance and crime as Balthazar Van der Lys, eager to prove his long-standing love to the heiress Suzanne Van Miellis with a cherished medallion, is plunged into crisis when his home is burgled and suspicion falls on Christiane, the gentle foster daughter he and his late mother raised. The opening of this novel follows Balthazar and his scholarly friend Cornelius Pamp through a violent storm back to Balthazar’s house, where a convivial evening turns to alarm: the study has been ransacked, cash and jewels are gone, and—most crucially—the medallion Balthazar meant to give Suzanne is missing. A keen but self-satisfied police commissary, Tricamp, reconstructs the break-in via a hidden wall opening and swiftly theorizes the thief is a small, agile young woman familiar with the house. Suspicion narrows to Christiane, who returns from tending the elderly servant Gudule, is confronted, faints, and is further compromised when a black pearl from the medallion is found in her room. While Gudule’s testimony places Christiane mostly in the house and shows how rattled she was by the storm, the scene ends with Christiane protesting her innocence as Balthazar and Cornelius—torn between trust and mounting “evidence”—struggle to believe her. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Originally published: Hämeenlinna: Arvi A. Karisto Oy, 1918 Detective and mystery stories French fiction -- Translations into Finnish Simojoki, Aukusti, 1882-1959 "Kariston 75 pennin romaaneja" 11. https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76923 117648 117648