On a June night in 1871 a peasant gallops into the town of Sauveterre with news that the château of Valpinson is on fire and Count de Claudieuse has been shot. Suspicion falls on Jacques de Boiscoran, a young nobleman who refuses to account for his movements, and the case turns on secrets of love and the testimony of the simple-minded Cocoleu.
A courtroom mystery from the French pioneer of the detective novel, creator of Monsieur Lecoq. Download the free EPUB.