Simenon, Georges
Classic crime
Published on 2 February 2017 by Penguin Books Ltd (Penguin Classics) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Inspector Maigret' series.
Paperback | 192 pages
198 x 129 x 12 | 148g
'One of the great psychological novelists of this century' IndependentThey ran into cloud cover as they approached the French coast and flew up above it. Through a break in the clouds a little later, Maigret caught a lucky glimpse of the sea, sparkling as if covered in silvery scales, and fishing-boats trailing a wake of foam.
His neighbour leaned across amicably to point out the white cliffs, explaining: 'That's Dover ...'When Maigret's prized gun goes missing, he must travel to London on the trail of a troubled young man on the run. '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