L'ombre chinoise
By: Georges Simenon
Series: Livres de poche -- 2905
Publisher: Fayard
Published: 1963
Place of publication: [Paris]
Language: fre
Number of pages: 157
Subjects: Fiction; Murder; Investigation; French fiction; Maigret, Jules (Personnage fictif); Romans, nouvelles
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: At head of title: Le commissaire Maigret.