Monsieur Lecoq is a novel by the nineteenth-century French detective fiction writer Emile Gaboriau, whom Andre Gide referred to as "the father of all current detective fiction.". The novel depicts the first case of Monsieur Lecoq, an energetic young policeman who appears in other novels by Gaboriau. Policemen on patrol in a dangerous area of Paris hear a cry coming from the Poivriere bar and go to investigate. There is evidence of a struggle. Two dead men are lying next to the fireplace, another is lying in the middle of the room. A wounded man, who is certainly the murderer, stands in a doorway. Gevrol, the inspector, tells him to give himself up, and he protests his innocence, claiming self-defence. He tries to escape, and when he is caught he cries, "Lost...It is the Prussians who are coming." The third man, who is wounded, blames Jean Lacheneur for leading him to this place, and vows revenge. He dies shortly afterwards.
- ISBN10 1304562506
- ISBN13 9781304562500
- Publish Date 23 October 2013
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Lulu.com
- Format eBook
- Language English