| ISBN |
9780241240168 (paperback) |
| 0241240166 (paperback) |
| Name |
Simenon, Georges, 1903-1989 author. |
| Uniform title |
Amie de Mme Maigret. English |
| Title |
Madame Maigret's friend / Georges Simenon ; translated by Howard Curtis. |
| Published |
[London] : Penguin Books, 2016. |
| ©2016 |
| Description |
179 pages ; 20 cm. |
| Notes |
Originally published in French as L'amie de Mme Maigret by Presses de la Cite 1950. |
| Summary |
Madame Maigret takes the lead in a disturbing investigation in this new translation, book thirty-three of the new Penguin Maigret series. When he got to his door, he was surprised not to hear any noise in the kitchen and not to smell any food. He went in, crossed the dining room, where the table had not been laid, and at last saw Madame Maigret, in her slip, busy taking off her stockings. This was so unlike her that he could find nothing to say, and when she saw him standing there wide-eyed, she burst out laughing. Inspector Maigret's wife turns sleuth after a strange encounter in a Paris square leads her on the trail of a woman in a white hat, and towards a grisly tale of deception and greed. Penguin is publishing the entire series of Maigret novels in new translations. '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 'A supreme writer ...unforgettable vividness' Independent. |
| Subjects |
Maigret, Jules (Fictitious character) Fiction |
| Police -- France -- Paris -- Fiction |
| Police spouses -- Fiction |
| Genre |
Detective and mystery fiction |
| Other Names |
Curtis, Howard, 1949- translator. |
| Series |
Inspector Maigret |
| Penguin classics |
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