File No. 113 (Annotated)

First published as Le Dossier No. 113, Émile Gaboriau's File No. 113 is a foundational work of detective fiction, weaving a bank theft, a wrongful accusation, and a labyrinth of concealed identities into a rigorously plotted narrative. Its prose combines feuilleton suspense with the social observation of nineteenth-century realism, situating crime not merely in the alley or drawing room, but withi...