♥♥ The Count's Millions by Émile Gaboriau ♥♥ Classic French mystery novel, in English translation. According to Wikipedia: "Émile Gaboriau (November 9, 1832 – September 28, 1873) was a French writer, novelist, journalist, and a pioneer of detective fiction... after publishing some novels and miscellaneous writings, found his real gift in L'Affaire Lerouge (1866). ♥♥ The Count's Millions by Émile Gaboriau ♥♥ The book, which was Gaboriau's first detective novel, introduced an amateur detective. It also introduced a young police officer named Monsieur Lecoq, who was the hero in three of Gaboriau's later detective novels. ♥♥ The Count's Millions by Émile Gaboriau ♥♥ The character of Lecoq was based on a real-life thief turned police officer, Eugène François Vidocq (1775–1857)." One of Robert Louis Stevenson's favorite authors. ♥♥ The Count's Millions by Émile Gaboriau ♥♥ Work form 19th Century French author considered a pioneer of modern detective fiction.The death of the Count de Chalusse, the theft of his will and two million francs, the false accusation of Marguerite de Chalusse, make up a mystery which is solved only after some extraordinary adventures. Followed by Baron Trigault's Vengeance.