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Monsieur Lecoq Part 1: The Inquiry

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(4,661 Sterne; 28 Bewertungen)

Monsieur Lecoq is a captivating mystery, historical and love story :

Around 11 o'clock, on the evening of Shrove Sunday 18.., close to the old Barrière d'Italie, frightful cries, coming from Mother Chupin's drinking-shop, are heard by a party of detectives led by Inspector Gévrol. The squad runs up to it. A triple murder has just been committed. The murderer is caught on the premises.

Despite Gévrol's opinion that four scoundrels encountered each other in this vile den, that they began to quarrel, that one of them had a revolver and killed the others, Lecoq, a young police agent, suspects a great mystery.

He will lead his investigation until he gets to the bottom of it. The story takes us in the dark times of France after the Revolution and in the Terror, and finds its roots in a story of love and power. (Summary by Ezwa, expanded by Nadine) (11 hr 21 min)

Chapters

01

27:16

Read by Margaret Espaillat

02

10:52

Read by Margaret Espaillat

03

10:44

Read by Margaret Espaillat

04

29:30

Read by Margaret Espaillat

05

10:05

Read by Margaret Espaillat

06

9:47

Read by Margaret Espaillat

07

11:44

Read by Nadine Eckert-Boulet

08

16:51

Read by Nadine Eckert-Boulet

09

18:20

Read by Justin Brett

10

10:40

Read by Justin Brett

11

9:47

Read by Spike Holcomb

12

19:39

Read by Spike Holcomb

13

10:53

Read by Lazuli

14

12:14

Read by Lazuli

15

12:44

Read by Lazuli

16

35:12

Read by Pentti Hirvonen

17

12:08

Read by Pentti Hirvonen

18

11:20

Read by Pentti Hirvonen

19

10:32

Read by Pentti Hirvonen

20

22:19

Read by Pentti Hirvonen

21

21:45

Read by Pentti Hirvonen

22

11:28

Read by Pentti Hirvonen

23

21:37

Read by Pentti Hirvonen

24

10:24

Read by Lazuli

25

21:18

Read by Lazuli

26

10:09

Read by Lazuli

27

11:50

Read by Lazuli

28

10:14

Read by Lazuli

29

9:55

Read by Lazuli

30

23:43

Read by Lazuli

31

12:49

Read by Lazuli

32

21:29

Read by Lazuli

33

25:14

Read by Lazuli

34

19:55

Read by Lazuli

35

10:54

Read by Ezwa

36

24:46

Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)

37

19:09

Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)

38

18:08

Read by Lazuli

39

10:12

Read by Phil Chenevert

40

10:45

Read by Ezwa

41

11:16

Read by Lazuli

42

20:41

Read by Lazuli

43

11:30

Read by Nadine Eckert-Boulet

Bewertungen

(4,5 Sterne)

This book is very good and is an excellent example of a detective story. Most of the readers are very good though I wish the last reader wouldn't of had such a strong accent. I can't wait to read the next part.

(4 Sterne)

Good story. Some difficulty keeping track of all the French names. Complicated, but interesting last few chapters. Very capable readers who do well with the French words throughout.