Caught in the Net

by Emile Gaboriau

Overview

This early work by Émile Gaboriau was originally published in the late 19th century and we are now republishing it with a brand new introduction. 'Caught in the Net' is one of Gaboriau's novels of crime and mystery. Émile Gaboriau was born in the small town of Saujon, Charente-Maritime, France. During his twenties, he became a secretary to Paul Féval - a an author now regarded as one of the fathers of modern crime fiction, whose Jean Diable (1862) is seen as the world's first modern detective novel.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781473364981
Publisher:	Schuyler Press
Publication date:	02/16/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	412
File size:	2 MB
Age Range:	5 - 17 Years

About the Author

Émile Gaboriau (1832-1873) was a French novelist and journalist who pioneered detective fiction long before anyone had heard the name "Sherlock Holmes."

Stefan Rudnicki is a Grammy-winning audiobook producer and an award-winning narrator who has won several Audie Awards, as well as more than twenty-five Earphones Awards, and been named one of AudioFile's Golden Voices.

Claire Bloom, CBE, is an English film and stage actress, known for leading roles in plays such as Streetcar Named Desire, A Doll's House, and Long Day's Journey into Night, along with nearly sixty films and countless television roles, during a career spanning over six decades. She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2013 Queen's birthday honors for services to drama.

Table of Contents

Chapter I	Putting on the Screw	9
Chapter II	A Registry Office	29
Chapter III	The Opinion of Dr. Hortebise	42
Chapter IV	A Trustworthy Servant	52
Chapter V	A Forgotten Crime	60
Chapter VI	A Medical Adviser	74
Chapter VII	In the Studio	89
Chapter VIII	Mademoiselle De Mussidan	97
Chapter IX	Rose's Promotion	105
Chapter X	"You are a Thief"	112
Chapter XI	The Man-Milliner	127
Chapter XII	A Startling Revelation	142
Chapter XIII	Husband and Wife	154
Chapter XIV	Father and Daughter	161
Chapter XV	Master Chupin	171
Chapter XVI	A Turn of the Screw	178
Chapter XVII	Some Scraps of Paper	189
Chapter XVIII	An Infamous Trade	198
Chapter XIX	A Friendly Rival	211
Chapter XX	A Council of War	222
Chapter XXI	An Academy of Music	235
Chapter XXII	Diamond Cut Diamond	243
Chapter XXIII	Father and Son	255
Chapter XXIV	An Artful Trick	264
Chapter XXV	A New Skin	278
Chapter XXVI	At the Grand Turk	297
Chapter XXVII	The Last Link	310
	The Essential Mystery Library	316
	The Essential Adventure Library	320
	The Essential Horror Library	323
	The Essential Non-Fiction Library	325
	The Essential Library	327