by Georges Simenon (Author), Georges Simenon (Author), Ros Schwartz (Translator)
During an undercover case Inspector Lognon is shot in a room he was sharing with a beautiful woman who has since disappeared. Inspector Maigret retraces Lognon's secretive last few days and is drawn into the darker side of the art world. Penguin is publishing the entire series of Maigret novels in new translations. This novel has been published in a previous translation as Maigret and the Apparition. 'His artistry is supreme' John Banville '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
Format: Paperback
Pages: 160
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: 06 Dec 2018
ISBN 10: 0241304032
ISBN 13: 9780241304037
Book Overview: When a colleague is injured in an undercover operation Maigret takes over and becomes embroiled in the dark underbelly of the Parisian art scene.