Inspector Maigret The Shadow Puppet, Book 12, (Paperback)

from JimPratt

This is described as "one of the earliest Maigrets" and the charm just oozes out, even in translation .By comparison, some of the later works seem to strain at bringing Maigret's personality to the fore. Here he is raw, engaged and personal-we experience each development in the case along with hi...

from JimPratt

This is described as "one of the earliest Maigrets" and the charm just oozes out, even in translation .By comparison, some of the later works seem to strain at bringing Maigret's personality to the fore. Here he is raw, engaged and personal-we experience each development in the case along with hi...

from Markus.bauer

Trübes Wetter, trübe Stimmung, verkniffene, intrigante und trübe Menschen an einem der schönsten Plätze von Paris, dem Place des Voges.

from BooksForDinner

My favorite of the Maigret books so far. Complete with all of the Maigret constants: people in situations that they themselves have made hopeless, millennial types, wastrels, a good murder or two. I wish I could read french, but these new translations have a very constant feel throughout them, de...

from BooksForDinner

My favorite of the Maigret books so far. Complete with all of the Maigret constants: people in situations that they themselves have made hopeless, millennial types, wastrels, a good murder or two. I wish I could read french, but these new translations have a very constant feel throughout them, de...