- This edition is unique; - The translation is completely original and was carried out for the Ale. Mar. SAS; - All rights reserved. The Crystal Stopper is the fifth book in the Arsène Lupin series by Maurice Leblanc. During a burglary at the home of Deputy Daubrecq a crime is committed and two accomplices of Arsène Lupin are arrested by the police. One is guilty of the crime, the other innocent but both will be sentenced to death. Lupin seeks to deliver the victim of a miscarriage of justice, but struggles against Deputy Daubrecq's ruthless blackmailer, who has an incriminating document hidden in a crystal stopper.