A crime in Holland - Georges Simenon

When a French professor visiting the Dutch town of Delfzijl is accused of murder, Detective Chief Inspector Maigret is sent to investigate. The community seem happy to blame an unknown outsider, but there are culprits closer to home, including the dissatisfied daughter of a local farmer, the sister-in-law of the deceased, and a notorious crook. And in THE GRAND BANKS CAFE, Maigret investigates the murder of a captain soon after his ship returns from three months of fishing off the Newfoundland coast. The ship's wireless operator has been arrested for the murder - but the sailors all blame the Evil Eye...