Maigret at Picratt's Simenon Georges
Maigret at Picratt's Simenon Georges "One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . The police don't think much of the claim--that is, until a few hours later when Arlette is found in…
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Maigret at Picratt's Simenon Georges
"One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . The police don't think much of the claim--that is, until a few hours later when Arlette is found in her room, strangled to death. Simenon was unequaled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories." --The GuardianWhen a Montmarte stripper overhears a plot to murder a countess, Inspector Maigret is on the caseArlette, a beautiful young dancer at Picratt's in Montmartre, reports to her local police station that she overheard two men at her club talking about planning to kill a countess.
When Arlette's own identity turns out to have been falsified, The police scramble to track down the men in question, but the next day the Countess von Farnheim, a drug addict living not far from Picratt's, is found strangled.