**When an old woman contacts Maigret, sure she's about to be killed, Maigret has no reason to believe her --other than his intuition** A kind but seemingly paranoid old lady turns to Inspector Maigret for help, believing someone has been in her apartment. Things have been moved around, she says, a
Maigret's madwoman
โ Scribed by Georges Simenon
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd; Penguin Classics
- Year
- 2019
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 265 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- City
- France;Paris;Paris (France)
- ISBN
- 024130430X
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โฆ Synopsis
'The father of contemporary European detective fiction' Ann Cleeves
'He hadn't seen her arrive. She had stopped on the pavement a few steps away from him and was peering into the courtyard of the Police Judiciaire, where the small staff cars were parked.
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She ventured as far as the entrance, looked the officer up and down, then turned round and walked away towards the Pont-Neuf'
When an old lady tells Maigret someone has been moving things in her apartment, she is dismissed as a fantasist - until a schocking event proves otherwise.
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