Maigret and the burglar's wife
/ Georges Simenon ; translated by J. Maclaren-Ross
- 1st Harvest ed
- Orlando : Harcourt , 1991, c1956.
- 167 p. ; 21 cm.
- A Harvest book .
"A Helen and Kurt Wolff book."
While committing what he intends to be his last burglary, "Sad Freddie" discovers something completely out of his line: the body of a dead woman, her chest covered in blood, holding a telephone in her hand. Inspector Maigret is called in to solve the crime, and after an exhaustive search, a psychological duel, a marathon interrogation, and innumerable glasses of Pernod, wine, cold beer, and brandy--a sure sign that this is no easy case--the famous French sleuth triumphs.