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The Carter of 'La Providence'

Georges Simenon

3.6/5 ( ratings)

A new translation of Georges Simenon's tragic tale of lost identity--the second novel in the Inspector Maigret series

What was the woman doing here?
In a stable, wearing pearl earrings, her stylish bracelet and white buckskin shoes!
She must have been alive when she got there because the crime had been committed after ten in the evening.
But how? And why? And no one had heard a thing! She had not screamed. The two carters had not woken up.
If the whip had not been mislaid, it was likely the body might not have been discovered for a couple of weeks or a month, by chance when someone turned over the straw.
And other carters passing through would have snored the night away next to a woman's corpse!
These questions lead Maigret into an unfamiliar world of canals, with its run down cafes, shadowy towpaths, and eccentric inhabitants.

Collect this and other novels in the Inspector Maigret series, now available in thrilling new English translations.

Language: English

Pages: 154

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Penguin Classics

Release: February 06, 2014

ISBN: 0141393467

ISBN 13: 9780141393469

The Carter of 'La Providence'

Georges Simenon

3.6/5 ( ratings)

A new translation of Georges Simenon's tragic tale of lost identity--the second novel in the Inspector Maigret series

What was the woman doing here?
In a stable, wearing pearl earrings, her stylish bracelet and white buckskin shoes!
She must have been alive when she got there because the crime had been committed after ten in the evening.
But how? And why? And no one had heard a thing! She had not screamed. The two carters had not woken up.
If the whip had not been mislaid, it was likely the body might not have been discovered for a couple of weeks or a month, by chance when someone turned over the straw.
And other carters passing through would have snored the night away next to a woman's corpse!
These questions lead Maigret into an unfamiliar world of canals, with its run down cafes, shadowy towpaths, and eccentric inhabitants.

Collect this and other novels in the Inspector Maigret series, now available in thrilling new English translations.

Language: English

Pages: 154

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Penguin Classics

Release: February 06, 2014

ISBN: 0141393467

ISBN 13: 9780141393469

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