Monsieur Lecoq: The Widow LeRouge (Paperback)

from amareshjoshi

I've been meaning to read some books by the Gaboriau for some time. I had heard that Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes character was, at least partly, based on Gaboriau's Detective Lecoq. It turns out that in _The Lerouge Case_ Lecoq is a minor character. He is a junior detective and is mentioned bri...

from markbstephenson

It is easy to see why this book made the author a literary star back in the 1860's. Since some of its effectiveness depends on a subtle misdirection of the reader, I won't say much about the story, but it taught me a good deal about Parisian values, customs and conflicts of that period.

from Tanya-dogearedcopy

Perhaps the first detective novel, it preceded and then was eclipsed by Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. This novel is the first in series featuring Lecoq (based on the real life detective Vidoq,) though he is a secondary character here. There's murder, forensics, inductive reasoning, unrequited lo...

from amareshjoshi

I've been meaning to read some books by the Gaboriau for some time. I had heard that Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes character was, at least partly, based on Gaboriau's Detective Lecoq. It turns out that in _The Lerouge Case_ Lecoq is a minor character. He is a junior detective and is mentioned bri...

from markbstephenson

It is easy to see why this book made the author a literary star back in the 1860's. Since some of its effectiveness depends on a subtle misdirection of the reader, I won't say much about the story, but it taught me a good deal about Parisian values, customs and conflicts of that period.