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Who is Pietr the Latvian? Is he a gentleman thief? A Russian drinking absinthe in a grimy bar? A married Norwegian sea captain? A twisted corpse in a train toilet? Or is he all of these men? In Simeon's first novel featuring Maigret, the laconic detective is taken from grimy dive bars to luxury h...

Slowly the Czech was becoming animated, but in a muted way, so typical of the man. Maigret now noticed his hands, which were long, surprisingly white and dotted with freckles. They seemed to reach out and take part in the conversation. Maigret sets out to prove the innocence of a man condemned to...

After listening to a story told by a condemned man, Inspector Maigret undertakes an investigation that leads him to the Guinguette à Deux Sous, a bar by the Seine, and into the seamy underbelly of bourgeois Paris

'The Shadow Puppet' is a family tragedy, newly translated as part of the new 'Inspector Maigret' series.