Monsieur Lecoq

Gaboriau's twelfth book and the fifth novel in which Lecoq appears is today often considered his best and most readable book. Within the first few pages a triple murder is committed, at Mother Chupin's sleazy drinking dive, Lecoq's superior, Gevrol, is of the opinion that it was the result of a mere brawl among low-class drunkards. But Lecoq thinks otherwise. And surprisingly, the murderer is captured. The question is this: who is the prisoner? Without an identification, he can't be charged with the crime. The rest is a battle of wits between the deductive LeCoq and his mysterious prisoner.