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In a Paris of fortunes and sudden death, who stands to gain—and who can outwit Arsène Lupin?
Arsène Lupin knows how to outwit the police with charm and nerve. Now Maurice Leblanc’s gentleman burglar becomes an investigator, facing a hidden enemy in a case driven by inheritance. Money and family claims sit at its heart, along with a dangerous question: who gains when someone dies?
The Teeth of the Tiger draws you through a long chain of clues, with new facts arriving just when earlier ones seem settled. Lupin often appears to know more than anyone else in the room. Yet sharp questions and sudden surprises keep the mystery moving and its secrets out of reach.
What you’ll discover
- A thief turns investigator Follow Lupin as he brings a gentleman burglar’s charm and nerve to the search for answers.
- Money at the heart Explore a mystery where fortunes and family claims make the question of inheritance dangerous.
- An enemy kept hidden Join the hunt for clues as Lupin faces an opponent who stays out of sight.
- Certainty never lasts long Watch new facts unsettle what seems clear, keeping you alert to the next sharp question.
- Speed sharpened by wit Enjoy short scenes and brisk dialogue, with surprises waiting just where you might relax.
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Readers who love locked rooms, poisoned secrets, daring heroes with a double life, and a puzzle that keeps shifting with every chapter.
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- A dying inspector leaves a strange clue
- A will makes one man rich and suspect
- A hero with a borrowed name steps forward
- A night of watching ends in two deaths
- The evidence closes in on a charming widow
- The enemy hides inside Lupin's own house
- Letters from a dead man arrive in a sealed room
- A village, a dead man and two hanging skeletons
- What the story is really about and how it is told
Who’s who
- Don Luis PerennaA Foreign Legion hero nicknamed Arsène Lupin, he wants to avenge his friend Cosmo Mornington and find the dead man's heirs.
- M. DesmalionsThe Prefect of Police, shrewd and fair, he trusts Perenna one hour and doubts him the next while pressing for a culprit.
- Sergeant MazerouxA mournful, loyal detective who follows Perenna as his old chief, but puts duty to the law first.
- Hippolyte FauvilleA pale, frightened civil engineer who begs the police for protection and hints at an enemy he will not name.
- Marie FauvilleHippolyte's charming young wife, a Roussel heir, who cannot say where she was on the night of the murders.
- Florence LevasseurPerenna's grave, fair-haired secretary, whose past is a mystery and whose actions he cannot read.
- Gaston SauverandA scholar with a reddish beard and an ebony walking stick, hunted by the police and tied to the Fauvilles.
- Deputy Chief WeberA red-faced police officer who is certain Perenna is Lupin and burns to arrest him.
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I denti della tigre
by Maurice Leblanc · 1914
A dying inspector leaves a bitten chocolate bar, and Don Luis Perenna has one night to save two men.
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A dying police inspector staggers into the Prefect's office in Paris and leaves behind a blank letter and a chocolate bar marked with bites. So begins The Teeth of the Tiger, an Arsène Lupin novel by Maurice Leblanc.
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A dying inspector leaves a strange clue
The story opens in the Paris office of Prefect of Police M. Desmalions. Inspector Vérot staggers in, pale and soaked in sweat, and says that two murders are planned for tonight. He leaves a sealed envelope and a small cardboard box, then wanders off in a daze.
He collapses in a dressing room behind a screen, where nobody thinks to look. The Prefect opens the envelope and finds only a blank sheet of paper. The box holds half a bar of chocolate, marked with the bites of four upper teeth and five lower ones. Everyone expects Vérot to walk back in at any moment.
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What is The Teeth of the Tiger about?
It follows Don Luis Perenna, who is really Arsène Lupin, as he investigates a string of poisonings tied to a hundred million franc inheritance. A bite mark found on a chocolate bar and an apple is the central clue.
Is Don Luis Perenna really Arsène Lupin?
Within the story, the hero is known as Don Luis Perenna, a Foreign Legion veteran, but Sergeant Mazeroux recognizes him early as his old chief Lupin. The police and the public suspect it too, but cannot easily act.
What does the title The Teeth of the Tiger mean?
It is the name given to the tooth marks found on a chocolate bar and an apple. The bite marks suggest a savage killer, and Perenna uses the phrase when he finds the apple in the garden.
The author
Maurice Leblanc
1864–1941 · French mystery novelist
Maurice Leblanc was a French writer born in Rouen in 1864. He wrote novels and short stories, including the Arsène Lupin series, which began in 1905. His books include The Hollow Needle, published in 1909, and The Crystal Stopper, published in 1912. He died in Perpignan in 1941.
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