num_pages: 154
description: One rainy night a canal worker stumbles across the strangled body of Mary Lampson in a stable near Lock 14. The dead woman's husband seems unmoved by her death and is curt and unhelpful when Maigret interviews him aboard his yacht. But gradually Maigret is able to piece together their story--a sordid tale of whiskey-fueled orgies and nomadic life on the canals. Can the answer to this crime be found aboard the yacht? Or is the murderer among the bargemen, carters, and lockkeepers who work the canal?
language: English
title: Lock 14
titlecomplete: Lock 14
characters: Jean Liberge, The lock-keeper, Mary Lampson, Willy Marco, The landlord's daughter, Gloria Negretti, Vladimir (The Carter of 'La Providence'), Marie Dupin, The Prince of Wales (The Carter of 'La Providence'), Benoit (The Carter of 'La Providence'), Sir Walter Lampson, Jules Maigret, Hortense Canelle, Henry III of France (The Carter of 'La Providence''), Inspector Dufour, Suzy and Lia, Jean Canelle, André Lucas, Magistrate Clairefontaine de Lagny, Jean-Evariste Darchambaux
genres: Detective, Thriller, French Literature, Novels, Crime, Noir, Mystery, Mystery Thriller, Fiction, France
ratings_count: 2943
places: Meaux, France, Paris, Vitry-le-François
series: Inspector Maigret
publisher: Penguin Books