Gaboriau Émile

Also known as "The Blackmailers", this story is the third book in the "Monsieur Lecoq" series.

Classic detective story and fourth book in the Monsieur Lecoq series.

Fifth book in the "Monsieur Lecoq" series and the sequel to "Monsieur Lecoq".

Excerpt:"Those who anticipated the discovery of a crime, were unhappily not deceived. The commissary was convinced of this as soon as he crossed the threshold. Everything in the first room pointed with a sad eloquence to the recent presence of a malefactor. The furniture was knocked about, and a chest of drawers and two large trunks had been forced and broken open."

A classic detective story, the second one in the "Monsieur Lecoq" series.