The Yellow Dog (Inspector Maigret, Book 6) by Georges Simenon
By Georges Simenon
A gripping story of small city suspicion and revenge—part of Penguin's sequence of amazing new Inspector Maigret translations
"There used to be an exaggerated humility approximately her. And but he sensed, underneath that snapshot, flickers of satisfaction held firmly in money. She used to be anaemic. Her flat chest used to be no longer shaped to awaken hope. however, she was once unusually beautiful, might be simply because she appeared bothered, despondent, sickly."
In the coastal city of Concarneau, a neighborhood wine service provider is shot. Maigret quickly realizes that Emma, a downtrodden waitress, is hiding anything and that the mysterious yellow puppy lurking round city could be the key to fixing this crime.
With this demanding crime story—the 6th Maigret novel—Georges Simenon strikes past the style, making a richly evocative mental panorama with haunting insights into the darkish corners of human nature.
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