'They have been guarding the island for centuries and centuries, but like wild beasts that only care for doing harm…'
A heady mixture of gothic horror and adventure, and famed for being the basis of the successful 1979 TV series L'Île aux trente cercueils, The Island of Thirty Coffins is detective fiction at its very finest.
Set in 1917 France, The Island of Thirty Coffins centres around the tragic life of Véronique d'Hergemont. After her father kidnaps her young son as revenge for her choice of husband, and subsequently drowns at sea in their escape, Véronique is left devastated for years. However, since investigating into their disappearance further, she begins receiving clues that her son might still be alive. Led to a mysterious island off the coast of Brittany, shrouded in ominous omens, Véronique comes across a particularly haunting prophecy: 'Four women on the cross, stone of God that gives life or death. Thirty sacrifices for thirty coffins.' A series of gruesome events ensue, wherein Véronique is left fighting for her life against sinister forces, needing to unveil the island's secrets in order to survive. But, of course, there's only one man who can help a mystery of this scale: the iconic gentlemen thief, Arsène Lupin. This audiobook edition is brilliantly brought to life by Rupert Degas.
Maurice Leblanc (1864 – 1941) was a French journalist, novelist and short story writer. He was primarily known for inventing the fictional thief Arsène Lupin, often considered the French counterpart to Sherlock Holmes.
