Messier Lehan had been plaguing Messier LeCoque for years to let him write up some of his interesting criminal cases. He considered him the most popular citizen of Paris and certainly the greatest detective of the time. And he finally gave in and agreed to allow him to write up his last case for his paper, The Murder of the Little Pig, alias Henri Coudrai the little hairdresser.

Author: Emile Gaboriau.