"A writer as comfortable with reality as with fiction, with passion as with reason." --John Le Carr
A tense, unforgettable Inspector Maigret mystery from Georges Simenon "He recalled his travelling companion's agitated sleep--was it really sleep?--his sighs, and his sobbing. Then the two dangling legs, the patent-leather shoes and hand-knitted socks . . . An insipid face. Glazed eyes. And Maigret was not surprised...