1923 File No. 113 by Émile Gaboriau (1832-1873). English Translation of original.
Gaboriau was a French writer, novelist, journalist, and he is often viewed as a pioneer of detective and mystery fiction. The plot for this Monsieur Lecoq book: a bank safe is robbed. Only two men have both the key and the combination to the safe. The police naturally look to the employee rather than the owner of the bank. But Monsieur Lecoq, as always, sees what everyone else misses. Was it one of the two? Or was it a seemingly-impossible third party? Only Lecoq will be able to determine it. But why doesn’t he want his involvement in the case known?
