Émile Gaboriau 
The Lerouge Case [EPUB ebook] 

The Lerouge Case is a detective novel written by
Émile Gaboriau in 1866. It is considered a classic of detective fiction and is known for introducing the character of
Monsieur Lecoq , an amateur detective and young police officer who appears in several of Gaboriau’s later novels. The novel tells the story of a murder investigation and features a cast of characters from a small French village.
Émile Gaboriau (1832-1873) was a French writer, novelist, and journalist, and a pioneer of modern detective fiction.