L' homme qui regardait passer les trains
by Georges Simenon · 1938

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An unusual crime thriller about a seemingly respectable man who commits a murder in his home town of Groningen in Holland and then goes on the run. Imagining himself to be a criminal genius he plays a cat-and-mouse game with the police via the newspapers as he travels across Europe, finally ending up in Paris, where he becomes infatuated with a prostitute.
Identity (Pyschology)MurderFictionDetective and mystery storiesCrime thrillersMaigret, jules (fictitious character), fictionParis (france), fictionContinental european fiction (fictional works by one author)France, fictionFiction, mystery & detective, police proceduralFiction, generalFiction, mystery & detective, general