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The first non-Inspector Maigret, stand-alone book by Georges Simenon that I have read. Respectable Dutchman Kees Popinga's life unravels when his boss shares that he is faking his death and disappearing because the company is going under due to his illegal activities. Poinga, faced with an impossible situation - a big mortgage, wife and kids to support, does the unexpected becoming front page news in Paris and hunted by Chief Inspector Lucas of the Police Judiciare.
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