Query: French novels about mystery or from 1909
Domain: books
Relevant documents:
Wash This Blood Clean from My Hand
This Night's Foul Work
Have Mercy on Us All
The Secret of the Night
Colette Baudoche
The Hollow Needle
The Survivors of the "Jonathan"
The Mystery of the Yellow Room
The Perfume of the Lady in Black (novel)
The Phantom of the Opera
Rouletabille at Krupp's
The Chalk Circle Man
The Crime of Rouletabille
Strait is the Gate
The Mysteries of Paris
Evidence from documents: Wash This Blood Clean from My Hand: '''''Wash This Blood Clean From My Hand''''' (, lit. "Under Neptune's Winds") is a crime novel by French author Fred Vargas, originally published in France in 2004.
This Night's Foul Work: '''''This Night's Foul Work''''' is a crime-novel by French author Fred Vargas, an entry in her Commissaire Adamsberg series. The novel is translated into English by Sian Reynolds, translator of Vargas' two previous novels in English, both of which won the Duncan Lawrie International Dagger for best-translated crime novel of the year.


This Night's Foul Work marks the first time Random House have published one of her novels in hardcover. The title comes from a line of impromptu verse spoken by one of the characters.
Commissaire Adamsberg teams up with Dr. Ariane, a pathologist he met twenty years ago, to solve an enthralling mystery that begins with the discovery of two bodies in Paris's Porte de la Chapelle.
Have Mercy on Us All: '''''Have Mercy on Us All''''' (, lit. "Leave quickly and come back late") is a 2001 novel by French author Fred Vargas. The novel was her first to be translated into English in 2003 by David Bellos. It was made into a film released in 2007.
Joss, a middle-aged former Breton sailor, begins to succeed in reviving the old family trade of town crier in modern-day Paris. Business is good, since people gladly pay five francs to hear their rants and nonsensical messages in parks and squares; every so often, ominous cryptic messages announcing the return of the plague will also be part of the day's requested cries.
The Secret of the Night: '''''The Secret of the Night''''' or '''''Rouletabille and the Tsar''''' (French: '''''Rouletabille chez le Tsar''''') is a 1913 mystery novel by the French writer Gaston Leroux
Colette Baudoche: '''''Colette Baudoche''''' is a 1909 novel by the French writer Maurice Barrès.
The Hollow Needle: As with the preceding two volumes of the Arsène Lupin stories, this was first serialized in the French magazine ''Je sais tout'' from November 1908 to May 1909. The novel was released, with a few modifications, in June 1909.
The Survivors of the "Jonathan": However, it was not published until 1909, after it had been rewritten by Verne's son Michel under the title ''Les naufragés du "Jonathan"''.
The Mystery of the Yellow Room: '''''The Mystery of the Yellow Room''''' (in French ''Le mystère de la chambre jaune'') is a mystery novel written by French author Gaston Leroux.
The Perfume of the Lady in Black (novel): '''''The Perfume of the Lady in Black''''' (French: '''''Le parfum de la dame en noir''''') is a 1908 mystery novel by the French writer Gaston Leroux. It is the second in the series of books featuring the fictional detective Joseph Rouletabille, preceded by ''The Mystery of the Yellow Room''. Advert for Novel 'The Perfume of The Lady in Black' posted in the Courier Gazette: Tuesday, March 1, 1910
The Phantom of the Opera: '''''The Phantom of the Opera''''' (French: '''''Le Fantôme de l'Opéra''''') is a novel by French author Gaston Leroux. It was first published as a serial in ''Le Gaulois'' from 23 September 1909 to 8 January 1910, and was released in volume form in late March 1910 by Pierre Lafitte. The novel is partly inspired by historical events at the Paris Opera during the nineteenth century, and by an apocryphal tale concerning the use of a former ballet pupil's skeleton in Carl Maria von Weber's 1841 production of ''Der Freischütz''. It has been successfully adapted into various stage and film adaptations, most notable of which are the 1925 film depiction featuring Lon Chaney, and Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1986 musical.
Rouletabille at Krupp's: '''''Rouletabille at Krupp's''''' (French: '''''Rouletabille chez Krupp''''') is a 1917 French thriller novel by the French writer Gaston Leroux. It is the fifth in his series of novels featuring the fictional detective Joseph Rouletabille.
During the First World War, Rouletabille is sent behind enemy lines to investigate the whereabouts of a French scientist who has been kidnapped and forced to work on a new super weapon for the German Empire at the Krupp armaments factory.
The Chalk Circle Man: '''''The Chalk Circle Man''''' (French: ''L'Homme aux cercles bleus'') is a novel by French crime-writer Fred Vargas. The first of her Detective Adamsberg series, it was published in 1991.
The Crime of Rouletabille: '''''The Crime of Rouletabille''''' (French: '''''Le Crime de Rouletabille''''') is a 1921 mystery novel by the French writer Gaston Leroux.
Strait is the Gate: First UK edition (publ. Jarrolds)Cover design by Dame Laura Knight
'''''Strait is the Gate''''' () is a 1909 French novel written by André Gide. It was translated into English by Dorothy Bussy.
The Mysteries of Paris: Poster announcing the publication of ''Les Mystères de Paris'' (1843), a French language novel by Eugène Sue (1804–1857)
'''''The Mysteries of Paris''''' () is a novel by the French writer Eugène Sue.