My Friend Maigret

• Date de parution : 02/05/2016
• Editeur : Adult Pbs
• EAN : 9780241206393
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• Support : Papier

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• Thème : Non attribué
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b>b>b>b>[My Friend Maigret] is a great vehicle for passing the dead minutesby pondering, with Maigret, the challenges of order versus chaos, how to serve justice, if it needs servingb>--and an island filled with nothing but phenomena/b>.b>/b> --The New York Times Book... Voir plus

b>b>b>b>[My Friend Maigret] is a great vehicle for passing the dead minutesby pondering, with Maigret, the challenges of order versus chaos, how to serve justice, if it needs servingb>--and an island filled with nothing but phenomena/b>.b>/b> --The New York Times Book Review/b>/b>br>/b>br>Inspector Maigret investigates the murder of a small-time crook on a Mediterranean island/b>br>br>While Inspector Pyke of Scotland Yard is staying with Maigret to observe his methods, Maigret receives word of a murder in the Midi on the island of Porquerolles. The victim is Marcellin, a man who claims to have been Maigrets friend but was actually a criminal whose girlfriend, a sex worker, Maigret helped out of a scrape years ago.br>br>Travelling to the island, Maigret and Pyke must solve a mystery that takes them deep into the shadowy world of art forgery and the heart of an isolated community with eccentric inhabitants--and no shortage of secrets. My Friend Maigret is a page-turning mystery set in the sun-drenched south of France about what can happen when past acquaintances resurface.br>br>b>b>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/b>/b>