Maigret's Christmas: Nine stories
by Georges Simenon
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0151555516
- ISBN 13
- 9780151555512
- Seller
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Stockton, California, United States
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Synopsis
Nine short stories make up this delightful holiday-themed collection, each featuring Georges Simenon's famous detective, Jules Maigret. Christmas mysteries abound: an otherwise sensible little girl insists that she has seen Father Christmas, a statement alarming to her neighbors, Monsieur and Madame Maigret. Then, a choirboy helps the inspector solve a crime while he lies in bed with a cold; another boy, pursued by a criminal, ingeniously leaves a trail to help Maigret track him. Many of these stories feature observant and resourceful children, frightened yet resolute, who bring out a paternal streak in the childless Maigret. The rapport between the inspector and these youthful heroes imparts a delightful freshness to this holiday collection- a cornucopia for fans of Maigret and mysteries.
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- Bookseller
- Avalon Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 053970
- Title
- Maigret's Christmas: Nine stories
- Author
- Georges Simenon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0151555516
- ISBN 13
- 9780151555512
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- MAIGRET MYSTERY
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