The Crime of the Boulevard

A quiet Parisian boulevard is shaken when a well‑known resident, Monsieur Rovère, is found dead in his apartment, his throat brutally cut. The discovery comes at the doorstep of a modest tailor and his wife, who have long tended to the needs of the neighborhood’s more respectable citizens. Their routine lives are abruptly thrust into the world of crime and suspicion, as they scramble to alert the authorities.

The tailor, a humble craftsman with a reputation for honesty, knows the local police inspector, Monsieur Bernardet, through countless favors. Driven by urgency, he races through rain‑slick streets to the inspector’s home, where he is greeted by Bernardet’s cheerful family and an invitation to discuss the case over coffee. As the mystery unfolds against the lively backdrop of tramways, cafés, and the bustling boulevard, listeners are drawn into a tense early‑stage investigation, wondering who could have committed such a shocking act in broad daylight.