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David Timson captures gentleman robber Arsène Lupin's multiple identities as he takes listeners through the many twists and turns of Maurice Leblanc's classic story. Timson gives the stranger who robs Rudolph Kesselbach an airy tone, even as menace creeps into his voice. Listeners will soon realize that the stranger is Lupin. Timson adopts a cackling voice when Lupin expresses jealousy or lusts for power. Timson also emphasizes the melodrama in the verbal exchanges between Lupin and a rival as he investigates murders committed in his name and seeks secret letters linked to those murders. Leblanc's story delivers the promised adventure while testing his antihero Lupin's conscience and giving Lupin cause to reflect on his life. J.A.S. © AudioFile 2025, Portland, Maine [Published: MARCH 2025]