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My Friend Maigret

Inspector Maigret, Book 31

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'Past acquaintances resurface in the sun-drenched south of France in this new translation.' The palm trees around the railway station were motionless, fixed in a Saharan sun....

It really felt as if they were stepping into another world, and they were embarrassed to be entering it in the dark clothes that had been suited to the rainy streets of Paris the evening before.

'An officer from Scotland Yard is studying Maigret's methods when a call from an island off the Côte d'Azure sends the two men off to an isolated community to investigate its eccentric inhabitants.'

©2016 Georges Simenon (P)2016 Audible, Ltd Classics Crime Fiction Mystery Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction Crime

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"His artistry is supreme." (John Banville)
"One of the greatest writers of the 20th century.... Simenon was unequalled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories." ( Guardian)
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These Maigret stories have an easy, languid gait, the gentle lyrical rhythm of a bygone age, a lightness of touch and insight that are characteristic of the personality of Maigret. A near perfect vehicle for the author to express his gift as a master story teller. They ooze Frenchness, and yet come across near seemlessly due to the sympathetic empathy of Gareth Armstrong's rendition. Mr Armstrong is also a master of his craft, and though these stories are, like light pen and ink sketches rather than classic oil paintings, for what they are, fine little pieces of work.

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