The Exploits of Juve - Pierre Souvestre

When the home of Dr. Chaleck is robbed and the corpse of a woman found crushed to death, Inspector Juve pursues the gang leader Loupart in connection with the gruesome crime. He and the journalist Jerome Fandor relentlessly pursue suspects, narrow escaping high-speed train wrecks, blazing infernos, and the diabolical snares of the Genius of Crime, Fantomas.

'From the imaginative standpoint Fantômas is one of the richest works that exist.'
-Guillaume Apollinaire

'Absurd and magnificent lyricism.'
-Jean Cocteau