Maigret and the Fortuneteller

By Georges Simenon

Book Overview

"I want to know what goes on in people's minds. I suppose that's why I love Georges Simenon so much. He was such a master of the small domestic situation." --Ruth RendellTomorrow, at five in the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0151555710
• ISBN13: 9780151555710
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Harcourt
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.8" x 5.8"

Customer Reviews

A tangled plot with multiple culprits

I thought this would be a story about a fortuneteller, but the teller of fortunes is very quickly murdered, making way for a quirky cast of characters engaged in all sorts of mischief. As often happens in Maigret stories, the poor people are much nicer than the rich people, and Maigret shows considerable compassion for the weak minded. I can't bear to reveal any of the plot and its wonderfully fragmentary clues. The reader should have the fun of discovering the several crimes and misdemeanors that led to the fortuneteller's death.