Lock 14 (Inspector Maigret, Book 2) by Georges Simenon
By Georges Simenon
In Lock 14, Simenon plunges Maigret into the unusual canal global of shabby bars and shadowy towpaths, drawing jointly the strands of a sad case of misplaced id.
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