Language: English
Published in: 1866
Categorie(s): Fiction, Mystery & Detective
Word count: 123,647 words (≈ about 8 hours)
Source: http://www.gutenberg.org
Copyright: Public Domain
Excerpt:
"Those who anticipated the discovery of a crime, were unhappily not deceived. The commissary was convinced of this as soon as he crossed the threshold. Everything in the first room pointed with a sad eloquence to the recent presence of a malefactor. The furniture was knocked about, and a chest of drawers… (more)
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