
A young man brings Inspector Torrence a message he found in a bottle drifting on the Seine. It is a desperate call; an old man is sequestered in an abandoned mill that water is gradually invading ... The O Agency is investigating ... In order to be able to touch the heritage of Chauffier-Mignot; Jean Dassonville wants to marry Cécile the daughter of the family. The father not agreeing, he decides to kidnap him and lock him up in an old water mill. But Chauffier-Mignot refuses to sign the marriage authorization and even succeeds in sending a message in a bottle thrown into the river ...
A young man brings Inspector Torrence a message he found in a bottle drifting on the Seine. It is a desperate call; an old man is sequestered in an abandoned mill that water is gradually invading ... The O Agency is investigating ... In order to be able to touch the heritage of Chauffier-Mignot; Jean Dassonville wants to marry Cécile the daughter of the family. The father not agreeing, he decides to kidnap him and lock him up in an old water mill. But Chauffier-Mignot refuses to sign the marriage authorization and even succeeds in sending a message in a bottle thrown into the river ...
The O Agency, whose exploits, which began last Monday, will be recounted in thirteen weekly episodes, was born in the imagination of Georges Simenon. It is led by two detectives: Joseph Torrence and Emile, a shy-looking young photographer. Today, it is in a Turkish bath, where he is undergoing weight loss, that Torrence investigates. He meets a famous lawyer, Mr. Duboin, and a gangster wanted for two years by the police. A few minutes later, the latter will be assassinated ...