About the Book

This early work by Émile Gaboriau was originally published in 1867 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introduction. The Mystery of Orcival is one of Gaboriau's novels of crime and mystery.

Author Background

Émile Gaboriau was born in the small town of Saujon, Charente-Maritime, France. During his twenties, he became a secretary to Paul Féval — 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.