Maigret and the Reluctant Witnesses - Inspector Maigret

A once-wealthy family closes ranks when one of their own is shot, leaving Maigret - along with a troublesome new magistrate - to pick his way through their secrets. It was as if suddenly, long ago, life had stopped here, not the life of the man lying on the bed but the life of the house, the life of its world, and even the factory chimney that could be seen through the curtains looked obsolete and absurd. Penguin is publishing the entire series of Maigret novels in new translations. 'His artistry is supreme' John Banville 'One of the greatest writers of our time' Sunday Times

About the author

Georges Simenon was born in Liège, Belgium in 1903. An intrepid traveller with a profound interest in people, Simenon strove on and off the page to understand, rather than to judge, the human condition in all its shades. His novels include the Inspector Maigret series and a richly varied body of wider work united by its evocative power, its economy of means, and its penetrating psychological insight. He is among the most widely read writers in the global canon. He died in 1989 in Lausanne, Switzerland, where he had lived for the latter part of his life.

Product details

• Authors: William Hobson, Georges Simenon
• Assisted by: William Hobson (Translation), Hobson William (Translation)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.03.2018
• EAN: 9780241303856
• ISBN: 978-0-241-30385-6
• No. of pages: 176
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 198 mm x 11 mm
• Series: Penguin Classics; Inspector Maigret; Penguin Classics; Inspector Maigret
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General, FICTION / Crime, France, Fiction in translation, Classic fiction, Paris (City), Classic fiction: general and literary, paris; france; crime fiction; classic crime