L'Affaire Lerouge

Émile Gaboriau

In The Lerouge Affair, the discovery of widow Lerouge’s body near Bougival launches an inquiry involving magistrate Daburon, the police and amateur investigator Tabaret, known as Tirauclair. Testimony, clues and family secrets move the narrative through several social worlds. Gaboriau builds a detective novel where observation challenges appearances, without revealing the solution.