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A man calls and asks for M, from a café and says he's being followedby someone trying to kill him. He says that M knows his wife, Nine.Before he can finish he hangs up, calls back from another. He triesagain from various cafés, till finally the calls stop. That night, hisbody is found in the Place de la Concorde,his face badly beaten, stabbed to death. Someone had seen it pushed outof a car. Although his picture is published, there is no clue to whothe man is until a woman who'd seen a yellow Citröen comes forward, and the man's own café, Au Petit Albert is discovered, as well as his name, Albert Rochain.With the absence of clues, M decides to reopen Albert's café, using an inspector, Émile Chevrierand his wife. The ruse works, and a suspicious man is spotted andfollowed, but before he can lead them to his lair, he is shot down,apparently by one of his own. He is identified as a Czech laborer, Victor Poliensky. A raid is planned and executed in the Rue du Roi-de-Sicile district, and at the Hôtel du Lion d'Or, a Czech woman, Maria,is found in labor. From the testimony of the proprieter, it becomesclear that she is one of the band of Czechs who had brutally committedmurder and robber

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Author

Georges Simenon, David Coward (translator)

Publisher

Penguin Publishing Group

Language

EN

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Thriller, True Crime, Crime

Rating

3.81 / 5 (82 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13