Maigret is called to the home of Armand de Saint-Hilaire, a highly respected official who has been found shot dead in his study by his housekeeper. After interviewing everyone concerned Maigret is at a loss to the identity of the perpetrator until he comes across a series of letters from the past fi
Maigret and the Good People of Montparnasse
β Scribed by Georges Simenon
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Year
- 2018
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 268 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- City
- London
- ISBN
- 024130394X
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
A retired manufacturer has been shot dead by his own pistol, last seen alive by his son-in-law. In this seemingly motiveless murder, Inspector Maigret must rely on his famous intuition to discover the truth.
Penguin is publishing the entire series of Maigret novels in new translations. This novel has been published in a previous translation as Maigret and the Black Sheep.
'His artistry is supreme' John Banville
'One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . Simenon was unequalled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories' Guardian
β¦ Subjects
France -- Paris
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