Mademoiselle Scuderi

Set in Paris during King Louis the fourteenth\'s reign, E.T.A Hoffmann\'s \'Mademoiselle Scuderi\' throws the reader into a city under siege from an organised group of thieves who rob citizens of their expensive jewellery. Aristocrat, Mademoiselle Scuderi, pens a poem mocking the men who now fear going out at night to see their mistresses but when an unexpected man visits her and delivers a box of jewellery, as thanks for supporting the thieves, Scuderi is plunged into a dangerous game of passion, crime, and murder.People who enjoyed Netflix\'s adaptation of \'Lupin\' shouldn\'t hesitate to read Hoffmann\'s exciting crime thriller \'Mademoiselle Scuderi\'