The Hollow Needle · Character
Inspector Ganimard
The tenacious police inspector who has chased Arsène Lupin for years and greets a schoolboy rival with open, weary irony.
supporting
Also known as M. Ganimard, old Ganimard, a Ganimard, Inspector Ganimard
First appearance: i the shot
As a supporting figure in The Hollow Needle, Inspector Ganimard is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
Captures Beautrelet at the château; present during the magistrate's questioning.
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Ganimard is the professional whose place, the magistrate insists, is in the room whenever Beautrelet speaks, though the inspector would clearly rather be elsewhere. He is nonplussed by the boy's low bow, skeptical of…
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- Other
Character groups
- Primary Investigation Circle
- Protagonist
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
Isidore reaches his emotional and psychological nadir here, having been utterly defeated and humiliated by Lup…
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Inspector Ganimard appears across 4 companion beats. Open any chapter in the free preview to see the notes beside the text.
- II: Isidore Beautrelet, Sixth-Form Schoolboy
- VI: An Historic Secret
- IX: Open, Sesame!
- X: The Treasures of the Kings of France
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