Emile Gaboriau: 74 books

Émile Gaboriau was a renowned 19th century French writer who wrote a number of mystery classics that helped revolutionize the genre. This is one of his most famous works.

It was a Thursday evening, the fifteenth of October; and although only half-past six o'clock, it had been dark for some time already. The weather was cold, and the sky was as black as ink, while the wind blew tempestuously, and the rain fell in torrents...

This book is among the best-selling popular classics "bestseller". Here is an extract of this book : There is not in all Paris a house better kept or more inviting-looking than No. 23 in Grange Street. As soon as you enter, you are struck by a minute, extreme neatness, which reminds...

This book is among the best-selling popular classics "bestseller". Here is an extract of this book : The servants at the Hotel de Chalusse, one of the most magnificent mansions in the Rue de Courcelles in Paris, were assembled in the porter’s lodge, a little building comprising...

This book is among the best-selling popular classics "bestseller". Here is an extract of this book : There is not, perhaps, in all Paris, a quieter street than the Rue St. Gilles in the Marais, within a step of the Place Royale. No carriages there; never a crowd. Hardly is the silence...

This book is among the best-selling popular classics "bestseller". Here is an extract of this book : The dark night allowed these only to see a peasant in his shirt sleeves, and bareheaded, who belabored a large gray mare, on which he rode bareback, with his heels and a huge stick. This...

This book is among the best-selling popular classics "bestseller". Here is an extract of this book : “The cold,” remarked she to her husband, who was busily engaged in replenishing the stove with fuel, “is enough to frighten the wits out of a Polar bear. In this kind of weather...

A good story full of greed, deceit, jealousy, despair, attempted assassination, true love and perseverance, and finally revenge. A well-told story worthy of a read.

Wie kann aus einem Pariser Bankhaus die unglaubliche Summe von 350.000 Franc verschwinden? Der einbruchsichere Schrank als auch die Kasse sind doch unversehrt! Die Polizei tappt im Dunkeln ...

Extrait : C'était le mercredi 15 novembre de l'an de grâce 1665. Ce soir-là, il y avait petit souper et grande compagnie, rue Vieille-du-Temple, chez La Vienne, le baigneur à la mode, l'étuviste en renom, le barbier du monde élégant. Les Parisiens du temps présent, qui s'imaginent...