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Monsieur Lecoq

by Émile Gaboriau

Monsieur Lecoq’s first case in which he tries to determine the identity of a man in custody for three murders.

Themes: Fiction · Mystery

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On a snowy Shrove Sunday night, a police squad ventures into a district so dangerous that soldiers must go in groups of three. The officer's ironic farewell—'I will prepare lodgings for our guests'—carries a grim certainty. Step into this 'immense trap' and see what prey awaits.

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