The Misty Harbour Inspector Maigret Series, Book 16

Georges Simenon, Linda Coverdale

eBook - 2015

“A writer as comfortable with reality as with fiction, with passion as with reason.” —John Le CarréAn Inspector Maigret mystery and a gripping tale of lost identity“A man picked up for wandering in obvious distress among the cars and buses on the Grands Boulevards. Questioned in French, he remains mute . . . A madman? In Maigret's office, he is searched. His suit is new, his underwear is new, his shoes are new. All identifying labels have been removed. No identification papers. No wallet. Five crisp thousand-franc bills have been slipped into one of his pockets.”A distressed man is found wandering the streets of Paris, with no memory of who he is or how he got there. The answers lead Maigret to a small harbour town, whose qu...iet citizens conceal a poisonous malice. more