I‘ve never read Simenon before, and this sounds different than most of his books. I appreciated how he handled the darkness lurking under this 50s suburban couple, but Nancy‘s reactions didn‘t seem believable.
Steve & Nancy set out from Long Island to pick up their kids at camp in Maine. But Steve keeps stopping in bars leaving Nancy in the car. She gets fed up and decides to find a bus, but Steve picks up another passenger: an escaped prisoner.