The shadow puppet
By: Georges Simenon
Series: Inspector Maigret -- 12
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London, England
Language: eng
Translated from: fre
Translation of: L'Ombre chinoise
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 147
ISBN-13: 9780141394183
Copyright date: 1932
Subjects: Police; Fiction
Other titles: Maigret Mystified
Description: One by one the lighted windows went dark. The silhouette of the dead man could still be seen through the frosted glass like a Chinese shadow puppet. A taxi pulled up. It wasn't the public prosecutor yet. A young woman crossed the courtyard with hurried steps, leaving a whiff of perfume in her wake. Summoned to the dimly-lit Place des Vosges one night, where he sees shadowy figures at apartment windows, Maigret uncovers a tragic story of desperate lives, unhappy families, addiction and a terrible, fatal greed.
Notes: Translated from the French.