The Lerouge Case by Émile Gaboriau

The Lerouge Case

Monsieur Lecoq #1

Émile Gaboriau

367 pages first pub 1863 (editions) user-added

fiction classics mystery mysterious slow-paced
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Considered by many to be the first detective novel, The Lerouge Case (aka The Widow Lerouge) introduces Monsieur Lecoq (later Inspector Lecoq), a former “habitual criminal” who becomes a police officer. Émile Gaboriau based Lecoq at least in part ...

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