The Crystal Stopper

The Crystal Stopper is a novel by Maurice Leblanc, first published in 1912, and the fifth book in the Arsène Lupin series. During a burglary at the home of Deputy Daubrecq a crime is committed and two accomplices of Arsène Lupin are arrested by the police. One is guilty of the crime, the other innocent but both will be sentenced to death. Lupin seeks to deliver the victim of a miscarriage of justice, but struggles against Deputy Daubrecq's ruthless blackmailer, who has an incriminating document hidden in a crystal stopper.

This is a translation by Alexander Teixeira De Mattos.