Le Dossier No. 13 [File No. 113 / The Blackmailers]

Emile Gaboriau

Published by E. Dentu, 1878

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In French. 1878 eighteenth edition E. Dentu (Paris), 4 3/4 x 7 inches tall hardcover, marbled paper-covered boards over leather spine and tips, four raised bands, gilt decorations and black leather gilt-lettered label to spine, marbled page edges, marbled endpapers, [6], 487 pp. Slight to moderate rubbing and edgewear to covers, with a bit of bumping to thge fore edge of the rear board and a bit of chipping to the leather of the lower spine cap. Slight foxing to contents, mainly the front and rear prelims. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - giving a splendid shelf appearance. ~SP46~ [1.5P] In French. An important work by French writer, novelist and journalist Emile Gaboriau (1832-1873), who is frequently credited with being the creator of the modern detective story. L'Affaire Lerouge, which was Gaboriau's first detective novel, introduced an amateur detective. It also introduced a young police officer named Monsieur Lecoq, who was the hero in three of Gaboriau's later detective novels, including this one, File No. 113. On the surface, the crime seems simple. A bank's secure safe is robbed. One of the two men who holds the key must be guilty. One key-holder is the bank's owner who lives above the bank with his family, the other is the bank's trusted manager-a man like a son to the owner. What if neither is guilty? How did this safe, with every security measure known and employed at the time, get robbed? Leave it to Monsieur Lecoq of the Surete, a policeman of many disguises and much guile to uncover the devastating truth of deceit, betrayal, lies, murder and sordid family histories that lead to the crime. Seller Inventory # SP46-1091-11166

Bibliographic Details

Title: Le Dossier No. 13 [File No. 113 / The ...

Publisher: E. Dentu

Publication Date: 1878

Binding: Leather Bound

Condition: Good