A local wine merchant is shot dead after leaving the Admiral Hotel in the coastal town of Concarneau.When Superintendent Maigret arrives to investigate,he finds the townspeople in a state of panic.One by one,prominent citizens are being attcked.Poison has been discovende in drinks at the hotel bar.The local paper doesn't help matters either,with scare-mongering articles asking Whose turn next? What links the vicims?And what is the down-trodden waitress,Emma,hiding from Maigret?As Maigret probes the dark secrets hidden in Concarneau,another mystery arises-why is that strange yellow dog lurking everwhere he turns? 'A supreme witer…unforgettable vividness'Independent. 作者简介: Georges Joseph Christian Simenon was born on 12 February 1903 in Liege,Belgium.He began work as a reporter for a local newspaper at the age of sixteen,and at nineteen he moved to Paris to embark on a career as a novelist.He started by writing pulp-fiction novels and novellas ublished.under various pseudonyms,from 1923 onwards.He went on to write seventy-five Maigret novels and twenty-eight Maigret short stories.A1though Simenon is best known in Britain as the writer of the Maigret books,his prolific output of over 400 novels made him a household name and institution in Continental Europe,where much of his work is constantly in print.The dark realism of Simenon'S books has lent them naturally to screen adaptations.Simenon died in 1989 in Lausanne,Switzerland,where he had lived for the latter part of his life. |
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