Le Petit Vieux des Batignolles Émile Gaboriau Le petit vieux des Batignolles est une histoire policière des plus classiques: un meurtre, une victime, un enquèteur et, forcément un coupable! Écrite à la fin du Second Empire, on y fait la connaissance de Méchinet, un enquèteur débonnaire et patient qui, bien avant Holmes ou Poirot, va mettre en place les mécanismes subtils de l'investigation policière. Il n'hésite pas à se lancer sur plusieurs pistes quitte à tout reprendre de zéro pour résoudre son énigme. Car, pour lui, une seule chose compte: découvrir qui a tué le petit vieux des Batignolles. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.