Emile Gaboriau

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  • Bibliography:
    24 Books
  • First Book:
    January 2003
  • Latest Book:
    July 2015
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Book List in Order: 24 titles

  • The Widow Lerouge

    The 1st book featuring Monsieur Lecoq -- Paris’s most perceptive detective, and a precursor to Sherlock Holmes The Widow Lerouge lived alone in an isolated cottage on the outskirts of Paris. When she is not seen for several days, her neighbors aler...

  • Baron Trigault's Vengeance

    Emile Gaboriau (1833-1873) is an important figure in the history of detective fiction. A French journalist and novelist, he created the "roman policier" with a series of books involving private detective Monsieur Lecoq, who works logically. Lecoq was...

  • Caught In The Net

    Emile Gaboriau (1833-1873) is an important figure in the history of detective fiction. A French journalist and novelist, he created the "roman policier" with a series of books involving private detective Monsieur Lecoq, who works logically. Lecoq was...

  • The Champdoce Mystery

    Emile Gaboriau (1833-1873) is an important figure in the history of detective fiction. A French journalist and novelist, he created the "roman policier" with a series of books involving private detective Monsieur Lecoq, who works logically. Lecoq was...

  • The Clique Of Gold

    Émile Gaboriau was a renowned 19th century French writer who wrote a number of mystery classics that helped revolutionize the genre. This is one of his most famous works. ...

  • The Count's Millions

    Emile Gaboriau (1833-1873) is an important figure in the history of detective fiction. A French journalist and novelist, he created the "roman policier" with a series of books involving private detective Monsieur Lecoq, who works logically. Lecoq was...

  • The Honor Of The Name

    Emile Gaboriau (1833-1873) is an important figure in the history of detective fiction. A French journalist and novelist, he created the "roman policier" with a series of books involving private detective Monsieur Lecoq, who works logically. Lecoq was...

  • Monsieur Lecoq

    The seminal detective novel by Émile Gaboriau, who was hailed by André Gide as “the father of all current detective fiction.” Policemen patrolling the streets of Paris hear a commotion in a nearby bar. When they go inside to investigate, t...

  • Other People's Money

    Émile Gaboriau was a renowned 19th century French writer who wrote a number of mystery classics that helped revolutionize the genre. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was inspired by Gaboriau’s own detective characters to fashion the legendary Sherlock Holme...



  • Within An Inch Of His Life

    In the night from the 22nd to the 23rd of June, 1871, towards one o'clock in the morning, the Paris suburb of Sauveterre, the principal and most densely populated suburb of that pretty town, was startled by the furious gallop of a horse on its il...

  • File No. 113

    Émile Gaboriau was a renowned 19th century French writer who wrote a number of mystery classics that helped revolutionize the genre. This is one of his most famous works. ...

  • The Mystery of Orcival

    Émile Gaboriau was a renowned 19th century French writer who wrote a number of mystery classics that helped revolutionize the genre. This is one of his most famous works....

  • The Lerovge Case

  • Monsieur Lecoq 1

    After a fight in a seedy bar leaves three men dead, the police arrest a man who claims to be a circus performer. But a young detective named Lecoq suspects the man isn't who he claims to be, and that there is more at stake than meets the eye… Writt...

  • Monsieur Lecoq 2

    After a fight in a seedy bar leaves three men dead, the police arrest a man who claims to be a circus performer. But a young detective named Lecoq suspects the man isn't who he claims to be, and that there is more at stake than meets the eye… Writt...

  • A Thousand Francs Reward

    " ...]midnight, and here I lose all trace of my man. Of course I didn't question Tarot, for fear of putting him on his guard." "Who is this Jules Tarot?" "A workman in mother-of-pearl, a man who polishes shells on a grindstone to make them perfectly ...

  • The Count?s Millions

    The servants at the Hotel de Chalusse, one of the most magnificent mansions in the Rue de Courcelles in Paris, were assembled in the porter's lodge, a little building comprising a couple of rooms standing on the right hand side of the great gateway. ...

  • File 113

    I In the Paris evening papers of Tuesday, February 28, 1866, under the head of Local Items, the following announcement appeared: "A daring robbery, committed against one of our most eminent bankers, M. Andre Fauvel, caused great excitement this morni...

  • Other People's Money Part 1

    Tall, thin, stiff, he had a very small head, a flat face, pointed nose, and long reddish whiskers, slightly shaded with silvery threads, falling half-way down his chest. Dressed in the latest style, he wore a loose overcoat of rough material, pantalo...



  • Other People's Money Part 2

    “What M. Lefurteux has stated,” he says, “is true. My specialty is to hire office-fixtures for financial and other companies. I furnish every thing, from the book-keepers' desks to the furniture for the president's private room: from the iron s...

  • Monsiquer Lecoq Volume II

    This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them....

  • Monsieur Lecoq - Volume II

  • Slaves of Paris Volume 1

  • The Lerouge Case

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    Well known novel from the French writer, novelist, and journalist, considered a pioneer of modern detective fiction. The Lerouge Case was his first detective novel, introducing an amateur detective and a young police officer named Monsieur Lecoq, who...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Emile Gaboriau has published 24 books.

Emile Gaboriau does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Slaves of Paris Volume 1, was published in July 2015.

The first book by Emile Gaboriau, The Widow Lerouge, was published in January 2003.

No. Emile Gaboriau does not write books in series.
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