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Caught in the Net

Émile Gaboriau

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. . . felt very ill, and discovered that my pulse was down to fifty. Ah, me! what terrible misfortunes are wrought by a momentary burst of anger. I now write this sentence in my diary: "Never give way to first impulses."' These words," continued Mascarin, "were inscribed on every one of the pages following,—at least so those who examined the entries informed me."

Mascarin persisted in representing himself as the agent of others, but still the Count made no allusion to the persons in the background.

After a few moments the Count rose and limped up and down, as though he hoped by this means to collect his ideas, or perhaps in order to prevent his visitor from scanning his face too closely.

"Have you done?" asked he, all at once.

"Yes, my lord."

"Have you thought what an impartial judge would say?"

"I think I have."

"He would say," broke in the Count, "that no sane man would have written such th. . . Read More

Community Reviews

A novel of high life and misdeeds, by the author who inspired Sherlock Holmes. The story centers around two young men, both penniless, both ignorant of their past, and a mysterious organization of blackmailers, hiding behind the guise of a respectable employment agency. The story is concluded in the

Go ahead and grab The Champdoce Mystery if you get this one. I also recommend finishing with The Clique of Gold.

I love this book. My only regret is that I didn't read it before reading The Champdoce Mystery, which was still fantastic even though read out of order - go ahead and grab that one now; it

Livre audio – Lu par Loïc Richard : 15h17

J’ai lu tous les volumes sur Monsieur Lecoq sur invitation de ma grand-mère maternelle qui lisait beaucoup et avec un choix plutôt éclectique, avec une petite faiblesse pour les romans policiers d’Emile Gaboriau !

Comme beaucoup d’auteurs du 19ème siècle il

Well, I didnt know that the story continues in The Champdoce Mystery.

Intriguing read. Clean. Terrific narrator! Does end in an “in the next book in series” notification (Chirp sold). The next book starts with the biography of one of the baddies.

In earlier centuries these “books” were serialized in newspapers and pamphlets - perhaps that includes this story.

How frustrating to find out the stories is to continue in another volume! As full of intrigues as this is, I’m not sure I’d be able to remember who was caught up in which part of the net, so maybe I’ll just leave it there.

Super involved bad doings and blackmail in mid-19th century Paris. Fortunes are made and the terrible, terrible things people did are threatening to rise from their graves.

All the while, some kids is falling in love or being made to fall in love and at the end, it looks like nobody is going to get w