Sunday by Georges Simenon

Sunday by Georges Simenon is a psychological novel that unfolds over the course of a single day on the French Riviera. At the center of the story is Émile, a hotel chef trapped in a suffocating marriage to a domineering wife whose family owns the establishment. Resentful and emasculated, he seeks comfort in an affair with a maid, but his simmering hatred for his wife grows into a chilling obsession. Against the backdrop of the sunlit Riviera, Simenon explores themes of repression, betrayal, and moral decay, building toward a shocking climax that exposes the fragile boundary between sanity and violence.