Arsene Lupin in The Eight Strokes of the ClockSelected by Ellery Queen as one of the 125 most important books of detective crime mystery short stories THE EIGHT STROKES OF THE CLOCK "These adventures were told to me in the old days by Ars? ne Lupin, as though they had happened to a friend of his, named Prince R? nine. As for me, considering the way in which they were conducted, the actions, the behaviour and the very character of the hero, I find it very difficult not to identify the two friends