Emile Gaboriau

(1832 - 1873)

L'Affaire Lerouge - Widow Lerouge / The Lerouge Case / Old Tabaret 1866 novel
Le crime d'Orcival - The Mystery of Orcival / Crime at Orcival 1867 (tr. by M. Villiers) novel
 Monsieur Lecoq After a fight in a seedy bar leaves three men dead, the police arrest a man who claims to be a circus performer. But a young detective named Lecoq suspects the man isn't who he claims to be, and that there is more at stake than meets the eye... Written in 1869, Monsieur Lecoq is not only a thrilling battle of wits between sleuth and suspect, but also the dramatic tale of three powerful families trapped in a web of political intrigue and murder during the troubled times that followed the fall of Napoleon and the restoration of the French Monarchy. Emile Gaboriau, Paul Féval's former secretary, penned here a masterpiece, a novel that is both the suspenseful story of the French Sûreté detective's first case, but also a moving tragedy of greed and revenge. Nina Cooper holds a Ph. D. in contemporary French literature from the University of Texas at Austin. She has done work on the plays of Gabriel Marcel and Jean-Paul Sartre, as well as on the short stories of Julien Green. This book also includes a biography of Lecoq by popular literature scholar Rick Lai. 1868 novel
Les Esclaves de Paris - Slaves of Paris 1868 novel
 Monsieur Lecoq After a fight in a seedy bar leaves three men dead, the police arrest a man who claims to be a circus performer. But a young detective named Lecoq suspects the man isn't who he claims to be, and that there is more at stake than meets the eye... Written in 1869, Monsieur Lecoq is not only a thrilling battle of wits between sleuth and suspect, but also the dramatic tale of three powerful families trapped in a web of political intrigue and murder during the troubled times that followed the fall of Napoleon and the restoration of the French Monarchy. Emile Gaboriau, Paul Féval's former secretary, penned here a masterpiece, a novel that is both the suspenseful story of the French Sûreté detective's first case, but also a moving tragedy of greed and revenge. Nina Cooper holds a Ph. D. in contemporary French literature from the University of Texas at Austin. She has done work on the plays of Gabriel Marcel and Jean-Paul Sartre, as well as on the short stories of Julien Green. This book also includes a biography of Lecoq by popular literature scholar Rick Lai. 1869 novel
La vie indernale - The Count's Secret / The Count's Millions / The Vengeance of Baron Trigault / Baron Trigault's Vengeance 1870 novel
La dégringolade - Catastrophe / The Downward Path 1872 novel
La cloque dorée - The Clique of Gold / The Gilded Clique 1873 novel
La corde au cou - Rope Around His Neck / Within an Inch of His Life / In Peril of His Life / In Deadly Peril 1873 novel
L'argent des autres - Other People's Money / A Great Robbery 1874 novel
Le petit vieux des Batignolles - The Little Old Man of Batignolles 1876 novel
Les amours d'eune empoisonmeuse - The Intrigues of a Poisoner / The Marquise de Brinvilliers / Marie de Brinvilliers / An Adventuress of France 1881 novel
The Honor of the Name. Sequel to "Monsieur Lecoq" 1891 novel
The Honor of the Name 1903 novel
Le dossier no. 113 - File No. 113 / Dossier No. 113 / The Blackmailers 1987 novel
The Adventures of Monsieur Lecoq 1996 novel