Maigret and the Killer: Inspector Maigret #70
By (Author) Georges Simenon
Translated by Shaun Whiteside
Penguin Books Ltd
Penguin Classics
5th November 2019
1st August 2019
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Classic fiction: general and literary
Fiction in translation
843.912
Paperback
192
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 11mm
145g
Maigret is called to investigate the stabbing of a young man When a tape recorder is found on a murder victim, Inspector Maigret hopes this will be the clue he needs to track down the killer.
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 *
The most addictive of writers . . . a unique teller of tales * Observer *
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.