Description
In a fog-choked winter evening in Dieppe, a solitary railway signalman who watches the daily ferry from England becomes an unwilling witness to a brutal murder. What begins as a moment of observation quickly spirals when he finds himself entangled in a secret chase—one that pulls him from the margins of the crime into its dangerous center. As the killer and the witness circle each other with mounting tension, their uneasy, tacit understanding deepens, blurring the line between fear, complicity, and survival. Written in 1933 in the wake of Simenon’s breakthrough with Inspector Maigret, this haunting, atmospheric thriller showcases his gift for psychological realism, moral ambiguity, and the quiet dread of ordinary lives upended by violence.
Available Editions
paperback
Penguin Classics
Published Nov 5, 2020
300 pages
ISBN: 9780241461570
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Details
First Published
1934
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The Man from London by Georges Simenon.