The novel appeared in 29 daily serials, illustrated by Jean Oberle in Auto from 10 January to 11 February 1939,[1] then published in volume 16 in Hachette (Collection "The Enigma" No.
The latter, based in the United States, is founder of "Hello-Police", a tabloid that chronicles crime, and plans for his invaluable secretary a great professional future.
He is aware that the pretty woman was seduced and abandoned, to his great regret, by his own son, who finally made a marriage more in line with his fortune.
As a result of this connection, Patricia found herself a single mother, but the presence of Rudolph, a young child, gives her the courage to face life.
She is saved in extremis by a man of strength and reassuring impassivity she does not know, but whom the bandit, astonished at his prowess, asks to her surprise: "Would you happen to be Arsene Lupin by chance? "