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Maigret Takes a Room (Inspector Maigret) (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781250425959)
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xAfter a shooting outside a boarding house, Maigret moves in and watches the locals. Everyone seems desperately ordinary--so who is concealing a dangerous secret?
While staking out a boarding house on a quiet street, Maigret's colleague Janvier is shot by a mysterious assailant. Keen to gather evidence, Maigret takes the unusual step of moving into the house. It's surprisingly comfortable and the landlady is charm itself--but, the inspector wonders, is her relentless good cheer a ruse? And is something sinister afoot in the apartment opposite, where an invalid woman never leaves her room? Only by observing this small community's daily routines, seemingly so mundane, can Maigret divine the bizarre truth of who shot Janvier--and why. Composed with Georges Simenon's trademark economy and wit, Maigret Takes a Room is a hypnotic reminder that beneath ordinary surfaces, disturbing sins lurk.Author: Georges Simenon
ISBN-10: 1250425956
ISBN-13: 9781250425959
Publisher: Picador USA
Language: English
Published: 09/01/2026
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 7.50h x 5.00w x 1.00d
By Georges Simenon
xGeorges Simenon (1903-1989) was born in Liège, Belgium. An intrepid traveler with a profound interest in people, Simenon strove on and off the page to understand--and not to judge--the human condition in all its shades. His books 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.
Shaun Whiteside is a Northern Irish translator of French, Dutch, German, and Italian literature. He has translated many works of nonfiction and novels, including Manituana and Altai, by Wu Ming; The Weekend, by Bernhard Schlink; Serotonin, by Michel Houellebecq; and Magdalena the Sinner, by Lilian Faschinger, which won the Schlegel-Tieck Prize for German translation in 1997.Recently Viewed Products
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