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Sang Froid, i.e. Cold Blood! The ability to stay calm in difficult or even dangerous situations… as exhibited by French sleuth Joseph Rouletabille aboard the transiberian “Horror Express”… Or martial arts master Caine and Jed Puma confronted by an insane plan to seize the Wild Wild West… Not to forget the great warlock Quentin Moretus…
Trompe l’Oeil! To cheat the eye! To concoct the perfect illusion! To deceive, lie and dissemble! What better way to encapsulate the myriad of tricks employed the villains to gain the upper hand on the heroes? But do the latter always fall victim to such cunning snares? Not so — as illustrated in the twenty…
Voir Dire! Verum Dicere… To speak the truth… Now referring to the cunning probing to which jurors and experts are subject during a trial in order to force them to disclose any bias or explain their background — here, illustrated by fifteen stories in which some of the bravest heroes and most despicable villains are…
