Author(s): Simenon, Georges, Whiteside, Shaun,
Binding: Hardback,
Date of Publication: 25/05/2023,
Pagination: 208 pages,
Series: Little Clothbound Classics,
Imprint: Penguin Classics,
Published By: Penguin Books Ltd,
Book Classification: Classic crime
Dimensions: 167 x 120 x 20mm
Weight: 220g
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9780241630792

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Georges Simenon's brilliant pipe-smoking detective, Jules Maigret, is one of the most beloved literary creations of the twentieth century. In this adventure, an officer from Scotland Yard is studying Maigret's methods when a call from an island off the Côte d'Azure sends the two men off to an isolated community to investigate its eccentric inhabitants.