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The Slaves of Paris
Chapters (62)
- Part I: Caught in the Net: I: Putting on the Screw 0:00
- II: A Registry Office 46:17
- III: The Opinion of Dr. Hortebise 1:13:56
- IV: A Trustworthy Servant 1:35:58
- V: A Forgotten Crime 1:51:32
- VI: A Medical Advisor 2:22:50
- VII: In the Studio 2:56:12
- VIII: Mademoiselle de Mussidan 3:13:51
- IX: Rose’s Promotion 3:30:27
- X: “You Are a Thief” 3:44:20
- XI: The Man-Milliner 4:17:23
- XII: A Startling Revelation 4:50:54
- XIII: Husband and Wife 5:17:34
- XIV: Father and Daughter 5:32:30
- XV: Master Chupin 5:54:23
- XVI: A Turn of the Screw 6:08:19
- XVII: Some Scraps of Paper 6:31:16
- XVIII: An Infamous Trade 6:52:45
- XIX: A Friendly Rival 7:21:34
- XX: A Council of War 7:44:29
- XXI: An Academy of Music 8:12:08
- XXII: Diamond Cut Diamond 8:28:30
- XXIII: Father and Son 8:55:29
- XXIV: An Artful Trick 9:16:01
- XXV: A New Skin 9:46:10
- XXVI: At the Grand Turk 10:28:09
- XXVII: The Last Link 10:55:59
- Part II: The Champdoce Mystery: I: A Ducal Monomaniac 11:09:08
- II: A Dangerous Acquaintance 11:35:09
- III: A Bold Adventure 11:47:52
- IV: A Financial Transaction 11:56:05
- V: A Bad Start 12:12:58
- VI: The Count de Puymandour 12:22:45
- VII: An Unlucky Blow 13:00:54
- VIII: The Little Glass Bottle 13:26:54
- IX: The Honor of the Name 14:03:51
- X: A Thunderbolt 14:36:41
- XI: Marriage Bells; Funeral Knells 14:54:46
- XII: “Rash Word, Rash Deed” 15:11:49
- XIII: A Scheme of Vengeance 15:44:38
- XIV: False Friend, Old Lover 16:00:42
- XV: A Stab in the Dark 16:17:04
- XVI: Husband and Lover 16:30:53
- XVII: Blade to Blade 16:51:54
- XVIII: The Heir of Champdoce 17:11:54
- XIX: Mascarin Speaks 17:23:52
- XX: A Sudden Check 17:42:16
- XXI: A Melancholy Masher 18:11:00
- XXII: A Gentleman in Difficulties 18:20:45
- XXIII: Ringing the Changes 18:30:44
- XXIV: The Vanishing Bills 18:47:25
- XXV: The Spy 19:02:45
- XXVI: Mascarin Moves 19:17:25
- XXVII: A Cruel Slur 19:25:49
- XXVIII: The Tempter 19:36:48
- XXIX: The Tafila Copper Mines, Limited 19:58:00
- XXX: The Veiled Portrait 20:11:29
- XXXI: Gaston’s Dilemma 20:24:19
- XXXII: M. Lecoq 20:42:52
- XXXIII: Through the Air 21:09:59
- XXXIV: The Day of Reckoning 21:24:03
- XXXV: “Every Man to His Own Place” 21:49:02
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In this, Gaboriau’s penultimate Lecoq novel, Lecoq doesn’t make an appearance until the last few chapters of the book. In fact, the protagonists’ identity remains unclear until almost halfway through. They’re not missed, though, because the antagonists are a group of blackmailers of exhaustive ingenuity and knowledge, and piecing together the game they’re playing with several noblemen and women occupies all of one’s faculties for most of the book.
Young love, old love, forbidden love, lost love, along with a couple of missing individuals: what is the blackmailers’ endgame? Will Lecoq be able to figure it out in time? Called “French sensational” in its day, Lecoq’s last case is still sensational today.