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The Mystery of Orcival

First published: 1867
Pages: 273

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Chapters 1-2
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Chapter 3
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Chapters 4-5
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Chapter 6
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Chapter 7
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Chapters 8-9
43:33
Chapter 10 part 1
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Chapter 10 Part 2
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Chapter 11
19:49
Chapter 12
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Chapter 13
25:54
Chapter 14
24:46
Chapter 15
25:13
Chapters 16-17
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Chapter 18
29:16
Chapter 19
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Chapter 20
36:56
Chapters 21-22
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Chapter 23
42:23
Chapter 24 part 1
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Chapter 24 Part 2
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Chapters 25-26
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Chapters 27-28
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Poachers stumble on the body of the Countess of Tremorel beside her ransacked chateau, her husband nowhere to be found and a convenient suspect already in hand. Lecoq of the Surete is not convinced. He suspects the whole scene has been arranged, its clues planted to send the police down a false path, and he sets about reconstructing what really happened hour by hour. Published in 1867, this is one of Gaboriau's finest showcases for his detective, blending careful forensic reasoning with a widening story of ambition and betrayal among the provincial gentry. The free PDF and EPUB edition lets new readers meet a hero who helped shape the genre.

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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.