The Outcast...a detective novel

"The Outcast" is a detective novel by Georges Simenon. Its hero is "Spencer Ashey," a history teacher who is fond of woodcarving, and who finds himself accused of killing "Belle," his wife''s friend, who was killed under mysterious circumstances. The strange thing here is that the murder occurred under the roof of his house, just a few steps away from it. So how could he not have felt the killer w...