Émile Gaboriau (1832-1873) was a French novelist and journalist who pioneered detective fiction long before anyone had heard the name "Sherlock Holmes."
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Émile Gaboriau’s methodical detective Monsieur Lecoq (“Mr. Rooster”) of the Sûreté was inspired by the real-life thief turned police officer Eugène François Vidocq. Set primarily in a series of small towns on the Seine that are now suburbs o... SEE MORE