![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Her father-in-law, Couder, the old deaf 'tomcat' who really owns the. Her son Ren, a petty criminal, is in the Foreign Legion, yet is still pathetically dependant, always writing for more money to be sent. 'Not just the world's bestselling detective series, but an imperishable literary legend. In a way the widow Tati is inhuman, more like a mythological creature who lives in a cave and accepts sacrifices as a natural right. These stories have been published in a previous translation as Maigret's Pipe But in vain he'd turned the problem over a hundred times in his head, in vain he'd had every taxi driver in Paris questioned'Ī sumptuous mansion hiding terrible crimes, a distressed young woman's cry for help, a gunshot on a rainy Dieppe street, a runaway couple with a secret: these seventeen Inspector Maigret short stories, written and published in journals during the Second World War, show Simenon's celebrated detective uncovering the darkness beneath ordinary lives. Maigret was sure he was right, would have bet his life on it. 'The truth was, Maigret knew nothing! Maigret felt. ![]() A gripping new translation of the iconic short story collection featuring Simenon's celebrated literary detective ![]()
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