Maigret and the Killer - Inspector Maigret

b>When a dinner between Inspector Maigret and friends ends abruptly at the discovery of a body, the detective must plumb the darker side of human nature to discover what motivates a killer/b>br>br>Maigret and wife have always enjoyed their occasional dinners with Mr. and Mrs. Pardon on the Boulevard Voltaire. But one of the congenial meals is interrupted by a neighbor who has stumbled across the body of a young man in the nearby Rue Popincourt. Maigret answers the call with his friend Dr. Pardon, and their pleasant evening is quickly brought to an end by the commencement of a complicated murder case. And when a tape recorder is discovered on the victim''s body, it only complicates matters.br>br>Maigret''s investigation leads to the discovery of another crime altogether and the fascinating story of the murdered man''s life. Maigret and the Killer is a taut, engrossing mystery that shows off Georges Simenon''s flair for creating complex characters with deeply human problems and his ability to make a senseless crime understandable.

Product details

• Authors: Georges Simenon, Shaun Whiteside
• Assisted by: Shaun Whiteside (Translation), Whiteside Shaun (Translation)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.08.2019
• EAN: 9780241304266
• ISBN: 978-0-241-30426-6
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 198 mm x 11 mm
• Series: Penguin Classics; Inspector Maigret; Penguin Classics; Inspector Maigret
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General, FICTION / Crime, France, Fiction in translation, Classic fiction, Paris (City), Classic crime and mystery fiction, Classic fiction: general and literary