This article propose to study of the Francophone detective novel from Bernard Mouralis' concept of counter-literature and from the concept of gender variation. Two approaches are at stake. While the first approach dwells mostly on popular cultures, the antagonism of the outer versus that of the inner, more specifically in their relationship with the prevailing culture, the second one emphasizes the notion of gender. Both approaches are geared toward only one perception of literature that is the rejection of established laws and any form of authority. From this study, we gather that everything lies in the detail and the status of the text lies as well in detail.