Les Dossiers de l'Agence O

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 ...

The banker's mistress was murdered in broad daylight, in the open sea, in full sun, in the sight of three witnesses. Fortunately, Émile, from the O Agency, knows the secrets of the bowling alley and the technique of boulantin fishing with piades. Without these talents of society, the mystery would have remained intact, and the murderer unpunished.

Agency O is commissioned by an insurance company to investigate a series of burglaries that the police attribute to a black jacket that moves on a powerful motorcycle. In his office, Inspector Torrence is examining an object he found, during an investigation, in a jewellery store and whose nature and function are difficult to specify. Then a young brunette girl enters who comes to entrust Torrence with an important document. When the young girl leaves the agency, the object has disappeared...

Did Doctor Maupin poison Madame Goron? In any case, this is what his niece suspects, who calls on the O Agency. When the aunt dies, everything seems to overwhelm the doctor, who nevertheless has an indisputable alibi: he was being watched by the agency! How could he have transported the corpse? Unless the Agency was deliberately put on the wrong track ...

A curious investigation is one entrusted to the O Agency. It is a question of finding the man who disguised himself as a grandmother to reach the Old Ladies Club, where he was registered under the name of Mme Sacramento, widow of the former President of Panama. A cheque for one thousand dollars was paid as a provision by Margaret Pitchard, a billionairess of Austrian origin, host of this club. A difficult job for Emile... Mrs. Sacramento dines with Mrs. Pitchard. As she leaves, Mrs. Sacramento's car refuses to start and Mrs. Pitchard invites her friend to stay and sleep in her home. The next morning, Mrs. Pitchard wants to greet Mrs. Sacramento but she hides her face while claiming that she is ill. But suddenly, Mrs. Pitchard discovers that Mrs. Sacramento has a beard ...