The Carter of 'La Providence': Inspector Maigret #4

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A new translation of this tragic tale of lost identity, part of the Maigret series What was the woman doing here In a stable, wearing pearl earrings, her stylish bracelet and white buckskin shoes! She must have been alive when she got there because the crime had been committed after 10 in the evening. But how And why And no one had heard a thing! She had not screamed. The two carters had not woken up. If the whip had not been mislaid, it was likely the body might not have been discovered for a couple of weeks or a month, by chance when someone turned over the straw. And other carters passing through would have snored the night away next to a woman's corpse! These questions lead Maigret into an unfamiliar world of canals, with its run down cafes, shadowy towpaths and eccentric inhabitants.

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Praise for Georges Simenon:

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

These Maigret books are as timeless as Paris itself. The Washington Post

Maigret ranks with Holmes and Poirot in the pantheon of fictional detective immortals. People

I love reading Simenon. He makes me think of Chekhov. William Faulkner

The greatest of all, the most genuine novelist we have had in literature. Andr Gide

A supreme writer... Unforgettable vividness. The Independent (London)

Superb... The most addictive of writers... A unique teller of tales. The Observer (London)

Compelling, remorseless, brilliant. John Gray

A truly wonderful writer... Marvelously readablelucid, simple, absolutely in tune with the world he creates. Muriel Spark

A novelist who entered his fictional world as if he were a part of it.lle Peter Ackroyd

Extraordinary masterpieces of the twentieth century. John Banville

"Gem-hard soul-probes. . . not justthe world's bestselling detective series, butan imperishable literary legend. . . he exposes secrets and crimes not by forensic wizardry, but by the melded powers of therapist, philosopher and confessor" Times (London)

"Strangely comforting. . . so many lovely bistros from the Paris of mid-20th C. The corpses are incidental, it's the food that counts." Margaret Atwood

"One of the greatest writers of the 20th century. . . no other writer can set up a scene as sharply and with such economy as Simenon does . . . the conjuring of a world, a place, a time, a set of characters - above all, an atmosphere." Financial Times

"Gripping. . .richly rewarding. . . You'll quickly find yourself obsessing about his life as you tackle each mystery in turn."-- Stig Abell The Sunday Times (London)

Author Bio

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. David Coward (Translator) David Coward is Emeritus Professor of French at the University of Leeds and has translated many books from French for Penguin Classics.