File No. 113: A Bank Robbery and a Clerk Under Arrest
Émile Gaboriau
Sep 2026 · Aeneas Press
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Three hundred and fifty thousand francs vanish from a banker's safe overnight, and only two men had the key — the banker and his cashier. Gaboriau was a cavalry trooper and a lawyer's clerk before he invented Monsieur Lecoq; this is the case where Lecoq works from the scratch on a lock plate, and the reading of that scratch is the heart of the book.
Three hundred and fifty thousand francs vanish from a banker's safe overnight, and only two men had the key — the banker and his cashier. Gaboriau was a cavalry trooper and a lawyer's clerk before he invented Monsieur Lecoq; this is the case where Lecoq works from the scratch on a lock plate, and...
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Émile Gaboriau (1832–1873) was a French journalist and novelist who worked in Paris. He is recognized as an early master of the detective novel, creating the investigator Monsieur Lecoq, who appears in such works as The Lerouge Case and File No. 113.
Émile Gaboriau (1832–1873) was a French journalist and novelist who worked in Paris. He is recognized as an early master of the detective novel, creating the investigator Monsieur Lecoq, who appears in such works as The Lerouge Case and File No. 113.
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