Time that sees all has found you against your will

Ενότητα 1
14
Boulevard Circulaire, Monsieur Dupont, spindle trees

Ενότητα 2
26
Dupont, little doctor, Until seven tonight

Ενότητα 3
47
post office, bicyclist, electric bell

Ενότητα 4
55
Monsieur Dupont, Boulevard Circulaire, Madame Smite

Ενότητα 5
133
Marchât, Doctor Juard, Roy-Dauzet

Ενότητα 6
147
Dupont, Suicide, seven-thirty

Ενότητα 7
149
Money Orders, Rue Jonas, raincoat

Ενότητα 8
200
Carpenters, big clock, telephone booths

Ενότητα 9
237
Monsieur Wallas, Juard, bodyguard

Ενότητα 10
244
Wallas, left lens, right lens

Ενότητα 11
249
lodger, I'm the manager, tiny millimeters

The narrative spans the twenty-four-hour period following a series of eight murders in eight days, presumably the work of a terrorist group. After the ninth murder, the investigation is turned over to a police agent, who may in fact be the assassin.