Maigret Takes a Room

Author(s): Georges Simenon; Shaun Whiteside (Translator)

Crime

"One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . Simenon was unequaled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories." --The Guardian

When a man is killed outside a Parisian boarding house, Inspector Maigret moves in to get to the bottom of it

While keeping watch outside Mademoiselle Cl ment's boarding house to await a suspect in a local bar robbery, a man named Janvier is shot in the chest. When Maigret, whose wife is away caring for her sister in Alsace, hears of the crime, he moves into the boarding house to solve the case. But the web quickly grows ever-more tangled, and Maigret must navigate generations-long secrets and a torrid affair to find his answers before it's too late.


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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 The most addictive of writers ... a unique teller of tales Observer

Georges Simenon was born in Liege, Belgium, in 1903. He is best know in Britain as the author of the Maigret novels and his prolific output of over 400 novels and short stories have made him a household name in continental Europe. He died in 1989 in Lausanne, Switzerland, where he had lived for the latter part of his life.

General Fields

  • : 9780241206843
  • : Penguin Books, Limited
  • : Penguin Books, Limited
  • : 0.134
  • : November 2016
  • : 198mm X 129mm X 10mm
  • : January 2017
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Georges Simenon; Shaun Whiteside (Translator)
  • : Paperback
  • : 117
  • : English
  • : 843.914
  • : 176
  • : FYT