Maigret'S Dead Man Av Georges Simenon

<p><b>''Compelling, remorseless, brilliant'' John Gray </b> <br><br>Maigret plunges into the murky Parisian underworld in book twenty-nine of the new Penguin Maigret series.<br><br><i>''That shoeless foot looked incongruous lying on the pavement next to another foot encased in a shoe made of black kid leather. It was naked, private . . . It was Maigret who retrieved the other shoe which lay by the kerb six or seven metres away''<br></i><br>A series of strange phone calls leads Inspector Maigret through the Paris streets towards a man out of his depth amid a network of merciless criminals.<br><br>This novel has been published in a previous translation as <i>Maigret''s Special Murder.</i><br><br>''His artistry is supreme'' John Banville<br><br>''A supreme writer . . . unforgettable vividness'' <i>Independent</i></p>