Monsieur Lecoq — Volume 1 by Emile Gaboriau

"Monsieur Lecoq — Volume 1" by Émile Gaboriau is a detective novel serialized in 1868. When a deadly brawl erupts in a Parisian bar, leaving bodies scattered and one suspect in custody, veteran Inspector Gévrol dismisses it as a simple tavern fight. But young policeman Lecoq sees something more sinister beneath the surface. Following mysterious footprints in the snow and deciphering cryptic clues, he uncovers evidence of a sophisticated conspiracy involving disguised aristocrats and vanished accomplices, transforming what seemed obvious into an intricate puzzle. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Gaboriau, Emile, 1832-1873
Title Monsieur Lecoq — Volume 1
L'enquête
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsieur_Lecoq_(novel)
Credits Produced by Chuck Greif, Tiffany Vergon, Anne Dreze, Marc D'Hooghe and
the Online Distributed Proofreading Team
Reading Level Reading ease score: 73.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language French
LoC Class PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Subject Detective and mystery stories
Subject French fiction -- 19th century
Subject Lecoq, Monsieur (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
Category Text
eBook-No. 8650
Release Date
Last Update Nov 15, 2013
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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