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A man found wandering around Paris, unable to speak, is finally identified as the harbor-master of Ouistreham, Capt. Yves Joris. His house-keeper and companion, Julie Legrand, comes to Paris to get him, and M accompanies them back to Ouistreham. Joris had been shot in the head, and excellently operated on, but doesn't seem aware of who he is. Among his letters had been found a bank statement that someone had deposited 300,000 francs to his account. M has hardly passed the night at his hotel when he is called to the Joris house: Capt. Joris has been poisoned, and dies. Julie's brother, Big Louis, is an ex-con seaman who works on the Saint-Michel, which had been in the night the Capt. disappeared. M visits the Saint-Michel, which has docked again, and meets Louis Legrand (Big Louis) and Capt.Yves Lannec. Louis leaves to sleep on a dredger, and M discovers that someone else had been there as well, but no one is talking.M visits the house of the mayor, Ernest Grandmaison, president of a shipping company, who is not helpful, and trails Julie to a shrine in the dunes, where she has wished for "success for her brother's project". But she won't reveal what it is. M sends for Lucas, who fol

Author

Georges Simenon

Publisher

Bruna

Language

NL