The Carter of 'La Providence' (Inspector Maigret Book 2)
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| Rating | : | 4.78 (855 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00DMCPHZ6 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 584 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-06-30 |
| Language | : | English |
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He died in 1989 in Lausanne, Switzerland.David Coward is a translator from French, whose translations include works by authors such as Alexandre Dumas, Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, and the Marquis de Sade. In 1923 he began publishing under various pseudonyms, and in 1929 began the Inspector Maigret series which helped elevate him to a household name in continental Europe. His prolific output of more than four hundred nov
Great writing. james a. beal Excellent writing. Current alleged writer's should become familiar with this author.. Five Stars Great typical Maigret mystery. the existential detective Miss Ivonne Sir Walter Lampson, a retired English colonel who served in India, and his wife Mary have a very modern marriage, each openly with a lover. But, despite his supposed free-thinking ways, when Mary Lampson turns up dead in a stable, Sir Walter is the top suspect; he remains so when Willy Marco, Sir Walter’s general factotum and Mary’s lover, is found dead a day later.While this second Maigret novel of Georges Simenon has also been published under th
What was the woman doing here? In a stable, wearing pearl earrings, her stylish bracelet and white buckskin shoes! She must have been alive when she got there because the crime had been committed after ten in the evening. But how? And why? And no one had heard a thing! She had not screamed. The two carters had not woken up.Inspector Maigret is standing in the pouring rain by a canal. A well-dressed woman, Mary Lampson, has been found strangled in a stable nearby. The fourth book in the new Penguin Maigret series: Georges Simenon's tragic tale of lost identity, in a gripping new translation by David Coward. Penguin is publishing the entire series of Maigret novels in new translations. This novel has been published in p
'I love reading Simenon. He makes me think of Chekhov.' — William Faulkner