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Maigret and the Old People: Inspector Maigret #56
By (Author) Georges Simenon
Translated by Shaun Whiteside
Penguin Books Ltd
Penguin Classics
7th October 2025
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Fiction in translation
843.914
Paperback
176
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 10mm
134g
Maigret investigates the murder of an esteemed official Maigret is called to the home of Armand de Saint-Hilaire, a highly respected official who has been found shot dead in his study by his housekeeper. After interviewing everyone concerned Maigret is at a loss to the identity of the perpetrator until he comes across a series of letters from the past fifty years between the victim and a recently widowed woman. As Maigret uncovers the details behind the two's relationship he gets closer to discovering the tragic truth behind the official's demise.
Georges Simenon (Author) Georges Simenon was born in Li ge, Belgium, in 1903. He is best known in Britain as the author of the Maigret novels and his prolific output of over 400 novels and short stories have made him a household name in continental Europe. He died in 1989 in Lausanne, Switzerland, where he had lived for the latter part of his life.