‘The father of contemporary European detective fiction’ Ann Cleeves<\/b><\/p>\n
Inspector Maigret finds himself drawn into the secrets of an isolated community in this classic novel featuring Simenon’s literary legend<\/b><\/p>\n
Inspector Maigret is standing in the pouring rain by a canal near the town of \u00c3\u0089pernay. A well-dressed woman, Mary Lampson, has been found strangled in a stable nearby. Why did her glamorous, hedonistic life come to such a brutal end here? Surely her taciturn husband Sir Walter knows – or maybe the answers lie with the crew of the barge La Providence.<\/i><\/p>\n
Translated by David Coward<\/p>\n
Other titles in this collection include: Maigret’s Holiday, Maigret Sets a Trap, Maigret Defends Himself, Maigret’s Doubts, Maigret’s Pickpocket, Maigret’s Patience, The Saint-Fiacre Affair, Maigret and the Lazy Burglar, Maigret and the Old People, Maigret’s Dead Man <\/i>and Maigret in Vichy
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‘Not just the world’s bestselling detective series, but an imperishable literary legend’ The Times<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Maigret is sent to investigate the murder of a woman found in a stable at a canal lock. While carrying out his investigation, he gets acquainted with the eccentric crew of the yacht ‘Southern Cross’. Sir Lampson, the owner of the yacht and husband of the victim, Mary, and also his boatswain, Willy, attract Maigret’s suspicions as Willy was also Mary’s lover. However, the autopsy of Mary’s body reveals certain details that point Maigret’s attention to a barge called ‘The Providence’.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[406],"product_tag":[27028,26949,26815,328],"class_list":["post-109121","product","type-product","status-publish","product_cat-crime-thrillers","product_tag-classic-crime-fiction","product_tag-classic-fiction","product_tag-crime-mystery-police-procedural","product_tag-fiction-in-translation","pa_book_author-simenon-georges","pa_cover-paperback","pa_dewey-843-914-edition23","pa_edition-reprint","pa_imprint-penguin-classics","pa_language-english","pa_pages-8436","pa_publisher-penguin-classics","pa_readership-general-trade-code-k","first","onbackorder","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"yoast_head":"\n