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Signed, Picpus: Inspector Maigret #23
Georges Simenon
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Description for Signed, Picpus: Inspector Maigret #23
Paperback. A mysterious note predicting the murder of a fortune-teller; a confused old man locked in a Paris apartment; a financier who goes fishing; a South American heiress.. Maigret must make his way through a frustrating maze of clues, suspects and motives to find out what connects them. Translator(s): Coward, David. Series: Inspector Maigret. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FFC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 12. Weight in Grams: 142.
Maigret dismantles an intricate network of lies stretching from Paris to Nice in book twenty-three of the new Penguin Maigret series. A small, thin man, rather dull to look at, neither young nor old, exuding the stale smell of a bachelor who does not look after himself. He pulls his fingers and cracks his knuckles and tells his tale the way a schoolboy recites his lesson. A mysterious note predicting the murder of a fortune-teller; a confused old man locked in a Paris apartment; a financier who goes fishing; a South American heiress ... ... Read more
Maigret dismantles an intricate network of lies stretching from Paris to Nice in book twenty-three of the new Penguin Maigret series. A small, thin man, rather dull to look at, neither young nor old, exuding the stale smell of a bachelor who does not look after himself. He pulls his fingers and cracks his knuckles and tells his tale the way a schoolboy recites his lesson. A mysterious note predicting the murder of a fortune-teller; a confused old man locked in a Paris apartment; a financier who goes fishing; a South American heiress ... ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
Inspector Maigret
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780241188460
SKU
V9780241188460
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About Georges Simenon
Georges Simenon was born in Liege, Belgium, in 1903. He is best know in Britain as the author of the Maigret novels and his prolific output of over 400 novels and short stories have made him a household name in continental Europe. He died in 1989 in Lausanne, Switzerland, where he had lived for the latter part of his life. ... Read more
Reviews for Signed, Picpus: Inspector Maigret #23
Praise for Georges Simenon: One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . Simenon was unequaled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories.
The Guardian These Maigret books are as timeless as Paris itself. ... Read more
The Guardian These Maigret books are as timeless as Paris itself. ... Read more