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The Lerouge Case

First published: 1866
Pages: 301

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Chapter 1
39:29
Chapter 2
35:32
Chapter 3
26:08
Chapter 4-1
33:10
Chapter 4-2
27:33
Chapter 5
41:01
Chapter 6-1
32:03
Chapter 6-2
31:07
Chapter 7
39:37
Chapter 8
20:40
Chapter 9-1
24:23
Chapter 9-2
27:38
Chapter 10
33:00
Chapter 11
38:26
Chapter 12-1
24:34
Chapter 12-2
24:22
Chapter 13-1
26:40
Chapter 13-2
28:50
Chapter 14
36:34
Chapter 15-1
23:24
Chapter 15-2
22:48
Chapter 16
39:18
Chapter 17-1
22:36
Chapter 17-2
25:00
Chapter 18
39:29
Chapters 19-20
37:00

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About this book

A widow is found dead in her cottage on the outskirts of Paris, and the local police read the scene as an ordinary crime. An eccentric older amateur with a passion for puzzles sees it very differently. Gaboriau's 1866 novel follows the retired sleuth Pere Tabaret and the investigating magistrate Daburon as a handful of small clues point toward an unexpected suspect, opening questions of class, legitimacy, and long-buried family secrets. Often named among the earliest detective novels, it also brought in the young police agent Lecoq and laid out the patient, evidence-first method that later writers, Conan Doyle among them, would build on.

About the author

Émile Gaboriau

Emile Gaboriau (1832-1873) was a French writer widely regarded as a father of the detective novel. His Monsieur Lecoq stories brought methodical, forensic sleuthing to popular fiction and influenced Arthur Conan Doyle, drawing on his years as a journalist covering Parisian crime.