Mystery of Orcival

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 26, 2024

In Category - Detective Fiction

Authors: Émile Gaboriau In Year : 1867

Book Language: English

Audiobook: Mystery of Orcival

Chapters 1-2
Chapter 3
Chapters 4-5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapters 8-9
Chapter 10 part 1
Chapter 10 Part 2
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapters 16-17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapters 21-22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24 part 1
Chapter 24 Part 2
Chapters 25-26
Chapters 27-28

The Mystery of Orcival is a wonderful example of the brilliant methods of deduction which Emile Gaboriau's "Le Coq" inspired in future detective novels. When the body of the Countess de Tremorel is discovered by poachers on the castle grounds and the count is nowhere to be found, M. Lecoq of La Surete is dispatched by the Prefecture of Police to investigate. An obvious suspect is quickly apprehended but Le Coq discovers that the evidence left behind was meant to mislead him in his search for the murderer. His quick mind and exceptional genius for discovering the minutest detail astound the old justice of the peace, the doctor and others who assist him as he unravels the very complicated plot which led to the murder of the countess and the disappearance of the count. - Summary by Celine Major