- Fiction, Jules Maigret (Fictitious character), Police, Fiction, mystery & detective, police procedural
When a charming elderly widow appeals to him for help, Inspector Maigret travels to a seaside village in Normandy - uncovering a lost fortune and some poisonous family politics.
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- Author
- Georges Simenon
- First published
- January 11, 1985
- Pages
- 189
- Publisher
- Adelphi, Presses De La Cite, Penguin Books
- Editions
- 16
- Language
- Italian, German, French, Spanish
- ISBN
- 9782090319811
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Georges Joseph Christian Simenon était un écrivain belge. Auteur prolifique, il a publié près de 200 romans et de nombreuses nouvelles. Il est surtout connu pour avoir créé le roman policier Maigret. ---------- Georges Joseph Christian Simenon was a Belgian writer. A prolific author who published nearly 200 novels and numerous short works, Simenon is best known for the creation of the fictional detective Maigret.<sup>[1][1]</sup> [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Simenon
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