Books by Emile Gaboriau

Emile Gaboriau is frequently credited with being the creator of the modern detective story. He drew on the 40 years of slow evolution of the crime ... More

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 ... More

1900. Translated from the French. Gaboriau was the first French novelist to write detective novels. His character Monsieur Lecog, private detective, ... More

When, on the morning after this dinner, which was to form an era in her life, Mme. Favoral woke up, her husband was already up, pencil in hand, and ... More

Emile Gaboriau was a 19th century French writer and journalist best known for his detective stories. L'Affaire Lerouge (1866) was his first detective ... More

1880. The book begins: On the first Sunday in the month of August, 1815, at ten o'clock precisely, as on every Sunday morning-the sacristan of the ... More

Emile Gaboriau was a 19th century French writer and journalist best known for his detective stories. L'Affaire Lerouge (1866) was his first detective ... More

CONTENTS PAGE I. PUTTING ON THE SCREW 1 II. A REGISTRY OFFICE 25 HI. THE OPINION OF DR. HORTEBISE... 40 IV. A TRUSTWORTHY SERVANT .... 52 V. A ...

First published in the original French in 1868 as the second volume of "Les Esclaves de Paris" (Slaves of Paris), being a sequel to the first volume ... More

I can find no words to convey to you the exaggerated expressions of his gratitude. He refused to shake hands with M. Elgin, he said, because he was ... More