Pietr the latvian: Inspector maigret series, book 1.
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“One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . Simenon was unequaled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories.” — The Guardian In Simenon’s iconic first novel featuring Inspector Maigret, the laconic detective is taken from grimy bars to luxury hotels as he traces a fraudster ’ s true identity Inspector Jules Maigret, a taciturn detective and commissaire of the Paris Brigade Criminelle , receives notice from Interpol that a notorious conman known only as Peitr the Latvian is en route to France. Armed with a broad description and a scant few clues, Maigret plans to intercept him at the train station outside Paris. But when he arrives, he finds that there are several suspects—some living, and some dead—who meet the description uncannily well. Who is Pietr the Latvian, truly? A vagrant, a seaman, a businessman, a corpse? Russian, Norwegian, American or Latvian? In Pietr the Latvian , the iconic first novel of Simenon’s classic series that made Inspector Maigret a legendary figure in the annals of detective fiction, Maigret must use his every instinct to unravel the mystery and track down the truth.
Simenon, G. (2014). Pietr the latvian: Inspector maigret series, book 1.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Simenon, Georges. 2014. Pietr the Latvian: Inspector Maigret Series, Book 1. .
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Simenon, Georges, Pietr the Latvian: Inspector Maigret Series, Book 1. , 2014.
MLA Citation (style guide)Simenon, Georges. Pietr the Latvian: Inspector Maigret Series, Book 1. 2014.
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