Monsieur Lecoq Part 2: The Honor of the Name


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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.

In this second book (out of two) we go back in time to that dark period of French history. Little by little, the key to the mystery murder is unveiled. (Summary by Ezwa, expanded by Nadine)

Part 1: The Inquiry (17 hr 3 min)

Chapters

Chapter 1 20:35 Read by Lazuli
Chapter 2 31:28 Read by Lazuli
Chapter 3 18:01 Read by Joanna1
Chapter 4 10:06 Read by Joanna1
Chapter 5 18:58 Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
Chapter 6 16:47 Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
Chapter 7 10:28 Read by Kristin G.
Chapter 8 10:18 Read by Kristin G.
Chapter 9 12:06 Read by Kristin G.
Chapter 10 11:12 Read by Kristin G.
Chapter 11 20:45 Read by Tony Oliva
Chapter 12 10:48 Read by Tony Oliva
Chapter 13 20:18 Read by Tony Oliva
Chapter 14 10:13 Read by Tony Oliva
Chapter 15 9:11 Read by Tony Oliva
Chapter 16 29:31 Read by Tony Oliva
Chapter 17 21:59 Read by Tony Oliva
Chapter 18 17:34 Read by Tony Oliva
Chapter 19 10:15 Read by Tony Oliva
Chapter 20 7:49 Read by Tony Oliva
Chapter 21 8:30 Read by Tony Oliva
Chapter 22 15:45 Read by Tony Oliva
Chapter 23 17:58 Read by Tony Oliva
Chapter 24 24:12 Read by Tony Oliva
Chapter 25 17:52 Read by Tony Oliva
Chapter 26 8:36 Read by Tony Oliva
Chapter 27 36:48 Read by Tony Oliva
Chapter 28 23:16 Read by Tony Oliva
Chapter 29 31:07 Read by Tony Oliva
Chapter 30 28:00 Read by Tony Oliva
Chapter 31 32:12 Read by Tony Oliva
Chapter 32 18:26 Read by om123
Chapter 33 17:35 Read by om123
Chapter 34 10:20 Read by om123
Chapter 35 25:40 Read by Tony Oliva
Chapter 36 22:40 Read by Tony Oliva
Chapter 37 8:39 Read by Tony Oliva
Chapter 38 16:01 Read by Tony Oliva
Chapter 39 12:42 Read by Tony Oliva
Chapter 40 8:24 Read by Tony Oliva
Chapter 41 17:25 Read by Tony Oliva
Chapter 42 28:37 Read by Tony Oliva
Chapter 43 12:14 Read by Tony Oliva
Chapter 44 21:04 Read by Tony Oliva
Chapter 45 28:23 Read by Ezwa
Chapter 46 22:59 Read by Ezwa
Chapter 47 33:26 Read by Tony Oliva
Chapter 48 15:18 Read by Tony Oliva
Chapter 49 10:08 Read by Tony Oliva
Chapter 50 13:07 Read by Tony Oliva
Chapter 51 18:15 Read by Tony Oliva
Chapter 52 24:26 Read by Tony Oliva
Chapter 53 20:34 Read by Tony Oliva
Chapter 54 30:40 Read by Tony Oliva
Chapter 55 10:30 Read by Tony Oliva
Epilogue 13:41 Read by Tony Oliva

Reviews

Fantastic book!


(5 stars)

Astonishing book. How Gaborieu tied together these two books is a work of genius. Much like the later Arthur Conan Doyle books with Sherlock Holmes, this book is a gem. I would actually go as far as saying that this book is on par with those books. A must read - or listen - for all fans of mystery.

Long but compelling


(4 stars)

The backstory leading up to what happened in part 1 is very long. At times I wanted to skip ahead, but the story was compelling with lots of moving pieces so I stayed with it. The last 3 chapters tie everything up nicely if you can get there.


(5 stars)

A great book. Very good story. totally different than book 1.