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Night at the Crossroads

By Georges Simenon
Penguin Classics
Series: Penguin Modern Classics – Crime & Espionage
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Inspector Maigret investigates a case of deception in an isolated community. Maigret has been interrogating Carl Andersen for seventeen hours without a confession. He's either innocent or a very good liar. So why was the body of a diamond merchant found at his isolated mansion? Why... Read More
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Inspector Maigret investigates a case of deception in an isolated community.

Maigret has been interrogating Carl Andersen for seventeen hours without a confession. He's either innocent or a very good liar. So why was the body of a diamond merchant found at his isolated mansion? Why is his sister always shut away in her room? And why does everyone at Three Widows Crossroads have something to hide?

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780241684771

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 June 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Contributors:

  • Translated by Linda Coverdale
  • Translated by Linda Coverdale
  • Translated by Linda Coverdale

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 9.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 112g

Pages: 144

Collections

Classic Crime & Mystery Fiction Classic Fiction Crime & Thriller Fiction General Fiction Georges Simenon Penguin Books Penguin Classics Penguin Classics: Crime & Thriller Series: Penguin Modern Classics – Crime & Espionage

About the Author

Georges Simenon was born in Li ge, Belgium in 1903. An intrepid traveller with a profound interest in people, Simenon strove on and off the page to understand, rather than to judge, the human condition in all its shades. His novels include the Inspector Maigret series and a richly varied body of wider work united by its evocative power, its economy of means, and its penetrating psychological insight. He is among the most widely read writers in the global canon. He died in 1989 in Lausanne, Switzerland, where he had lived for the latter part of his life.

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