If you enjoy the Sherlock Holmes series, then Arsene Lupin will be another detective series for your library. Leblanc was a French novelist and short story writer known for creating the character Arsene Lupin, who is the French counterpart to the English Sherlock Holmes. Set during the World War this romance and adventure/ thriller is by far the best of the Lupin series. Arsene Lupin is a cunning gentleman thief who is in a trial of wits with Sherlock Holmes. Thief or detective…Lupin is both.