The Mystery of Orcival (Le Crime d’Orcival) is an 1867 French detective novel by Émile Gaboriau. It is a foundational police procedural following the shrewd detective Monsieur Lecoq as he investigates the brutal murder of the Countess de Tremorel, ultimately exposing deception, forensic clues, and aristocratic secrets.

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