Monsieur Lecoq Part 1: The Inquiry
Author: first_name: Émile
last_name: Gaboriau
Language: English
Year: 1873

Monsieur Lecoq is a captivating mystery, historical and love story :<br><br>
Around 11 o'clock, on the evening of Shrove Sunday 18.., close to the old Barrière d'Italie, frightful cries, coming from Mother Chupin's drinking-shop, are heard by a party of detectives led by Inspector Gévrol. The squad runs up to it. A triple murder has just been committed. The murderer is caught on the premises.<br><br>Despite Gévrol's opinion that four scoundrels encountered each other in this vile den, that they