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She stepped forwards, her silhouette slightly blurred in the dim light. She stepped forwards like a film star, or rather, like the perfect woman of an adolescent's dream. And her brother stood by her as a slave stands near the sovereign he is sworn to protect.' On the outskirts of Paris, a sensational crime in an isolated neighbourhood becomes the focus of Maigret's investigation. But the strange behaviour of an enigmatic Danish aristocrat and his reclusive sister prove to be even more troubling. 'A genius . . . Simenon broke all the rules.' Daily Telegraph
She stepped forwards, her silhouette slightly blurred in the dim light. She stepped forwards like a film star, or rather, like the perfect woman of an adolescent's dream. And her brother stood by her as a slave stands near the sovereign he is sworn to protect.' On the outskirts of Paris, a sensational crime in an isolated neighbourhood becomes the focus of Maigret's investigation. But the strange behaviour of an enigmatic Danish aristocrat and his reclusive sister prove to be even more troubling. 'A genius . . . Simenon broke all the rules.' Daily Telegraph
Georges Simenon
Simenon was one of the most prolific writers of the twentieth century, capable of writing 60 to 80 pages per day. His oeuvre includes nearly 200 novels, over 150 novellas, several autobiographical...
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