Book - BookDetective

Name: The Widow Lerouge

Author: Emile Gaboriau
Year: 1863
Rank:

Rating:

Original Rating:

Pop Rating:

Genres/categories:
Mystery, Classic, Fiction, Crime

Purchase/reserch links:

LibraryThing

Goodreads

Amazon

ISBNs:
9782702497470
2702497470

The 1st book featuring Monsieur Lecoq—Paris’s most perceptive detective, and a precursor to Sherlock Holmes The Widow Lerouge lived alone in an isolated cottage on the outskirts of Paris. When she is not seen for several days, her neighbors alert the gendarmes, who discover that the widow has been savagely murdered in her home. But who would have committed such a monstrous crime? The local police force is stumped. Enter Monsieur Tabaret—a former clerk who is also a remarkably astute amateur detective. It is up to Tabaret and the clever Monsieur Lecoq to unravel the mystery and apprehend the killer. Considered the father of modern detective fiction, author Émile Gaboriau has crafted a spellbinding classic mystery.

This book is part of the "Monsieur Lecoq" series. Here are some other books from this series:

"The Honor of the Name"
First published in 1869
Rank:

, Original star rating:

, Adjusted star rating:

, Pop rating:

"File No. 113"
First published in 1867
Rank:

, Original star rating:

, Adjusted star rating:

, Pop rating: