The Late Monsieur Gallet (Inspector Maigret) - by Georges Simenon (Paperback)

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Book Synopsis

When a man traveling abroad is murdered in his hotel room, Inspector Maigret must sift through the misdirection and betrayal to find the truth hidden beneath.

A Monsieur Gallet has been found dead--murdered--in his hotel room, in a small town outside of Paris. In Georges Simenon's The Late Monsieur Gallet, Inspector Maigret sets off to figure out the course of events that led to this grim outcome. But as he delves deeper, the circumstances of the crime become increasingly intriguing: Gallet's alias, his sickly pallor, his claimed profession, his wife's and son's strangely indifferent behavior in the wake of Gallet's death. Using all his wits and intuition, Maigret must look beyond not-so-random coincidences and layers of deception to uncover the truth of the crime.

About the Author

Georges Simenon (1903-1989) was born in Liège, Belgium. An intrepid traveler with a profound interest in people, Simenon strove on and off the page to understand--and not to judge--the human condition in all its shades. His books include the Inspector Maigret series and a richly varied body of wider work united by its evocative power, its economy of means, and its penetrating psychological insight. He is among the most widely read writers in the global canon.

Anthea Bell is the award-winning translator of numerous French and German works, from the Asterix comics to W. G. Sebald's literary masterpiece Austerlitz.