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mile Gaboriau (November 9, 1832 - September 28, 1873), was a French writer, novelist, and journalist, and a pioneer of modern detective fiction. Gaboriau was born in the small town of Saujon, Charente- Maritime.

The Mystery of Orcival (French: Le Crime d'Orcival) is an 1867 detective novel by the 19th century French writer mile Gaboriau, in his Monsieur Lecoq series. mile Gaboriau (November 9, 1832 - September 28, 1873), was a French writer, novelist, and journalist, and a pioneer of... Read Full Overview

Monsieur Lecoq is the creation of Emile Gaboriau, just like Sherlock Holmes is for Conan Doyle and Hercule Poirot for Agatha Christie. Lecoq was created well before anyone had heard of Sherlock, in fact it is a known fact that Doyle drew inspiration for Sherlock's character from... Read Full Overview

Monsieur Lecoq is the creation of Emile Gaboriau, just like Sherlock Holmes is for Conan Doyle and Hercule Poirot for Agatha Christie. Lecoq was created well before anyone had heard of Sherlock, in fact it is a known fact that Doyle drew inspiration for Sherlock's character from... Read Full Overview

Monsieur Lecoq is the creation of Emile Gaboriau, just like Sherlock Holmes is for Conan Doyle and Hercule Poirot for Agatha Christie. Lecoq was created well before anyone had heard of Sherlock, in fact it is a known fact that Doyle drew inspiration for Sherlock's character from... Read Full Overview

Monsieur Lecoq is the creation of Emile Gaboriau, just like Sherlock Holmes is for Conan Doyle and Hercule Poirot for Agatha Christie. Lecoq was created well before anyone had heard of Sherlock, in fact it is a known fact that Doyle drew inspiration for Sherlock's character from... Read Full Overview

A classic detective story by Emile Gaboriau a famous french writer. Detective "Monsieur Lecoq" solves cases in a methodically and scientific manner along with the ruthlessness of his conduct in some instances. It is fascination to read how crimes were solved back in the 1800s... Read Full Overview

The Mystery of Orcival is a novel by mile Gaboriau, published in 1867, and part of the Monsieur Lecoq series. Similar to Sherlock Holmes, Lecoq is a genius detective; arrogant, proud, a master of disguise, and known for deducing things that others cannot see. The character was... Read Full Overview

mile Gaboriau's methodical detective Monsieur Lecoq ("Mr. Rooster") of the S ret was inspired by the real-life thief turned police officer Eug ne Fran ois Vidocq.

Set primarily in a series of small towns on the Seine that are now suburbs of Paris, The Mystery of... Read Full Overview