Maurice Renard is a recognized master of the adventure and crime novel, one of the leading science fiction writers of France at the turn of the XIX—XX centuries, also known for his mystical and pseudo–gothic works. This edition includes his most famous novels — the romantic detective "He?", the psychological thriller "The Hands of Orlac" and a series of stories about Commissioner Jerome. "A wonderful era"! It was a time of miracles, when communication with the other world was considered as reliable as a railway timetable, and the rapid development of science and technology was accompanied by an equally magnificent flourishing of mysticism. When transplantation and table turning seemed to be things of the same order and even the most narrow-minded intruders, wanting to cover their tracks, prepared their crimes with such sophistication, as if the police already had all the achievements of criminology of the twenty-first century. However, the detectives still had nothing but knowledge of human nature, insight and the ability to build logical chains. It turns out that this is quite enough to shed light on the machinations of intruders.