A countess is found murdered at her château at Orcival, everything at the scene tells a clear story, and Monsieur Lecoq's mentor reads the room in an hour — which is how the reader learns that a scene can be composed like a sentence. Gaboriau built the French detective novel out of the police gazettes; this 1867 book contains the first staged crime scene in fiction, and everything since owes it.
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The Honor of the Name
Other People's Money
Baron Trigault's Vengeance
Within an Inch of His Life
The Champdoce Mystery
The Count's Millions
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The Clue of the Twisted Candle
The Clue of the Twisted Candle
The Man Who Knew Too Much
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Under Western Eyes
Desperate Remedies
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
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