Maigret and the Tall Woman
Author | : Georges Simenon |
Publisher | : National Geographic Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2017-07-04 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780241277386 |
ISBN-13 | : 0241277388 |
Rating | : 4/5 (86 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: “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 A visit from a tall, thin woman he arrested many years ago—now married to a hapless burglar—leads Maigret on a tortuous investigation in which he struggles with a formidable suspect A face from Maigret's past reappears to tell him about the misadventures of her husband, a safecracker nicknamed “Sad Freddie” who discovered a dead body while committing a burglary and fled the scene in a panic. In a race against the clock, Maigret must use his full arsenal of investigative methods to solve the crime.