Signed, Picpus Paperback by Georges Simenon; Translated by David Coward

Product Details

• Publisher: Penguin Books (2016-03-15)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 176 pages
• ISBN-13: 9780241188460
• Item Weight: 136.08 grams
• Dimensions: 7.71 x 5.12 x 0.42 cm

“A writer as comfortable with reality as with fiction, with passion as with reason.” —John Le Carré

Maigret dismantles an intricate network of lies stretching from Paris to Nice in this page-turning mystery

“Mechanically, he had put his pince-nez down on the blotter and looked at it there with his large, short-sighted eyes. It is at that moment that the strange thing happens. One of the lenses, acting as a mirror, reflected the criss-cross, hatched ink marks which had dried on the blotter and he could just make out a couple of words.”

When a fortune-teller is found murdered in her apartment, Maigret must find out not only who commited the crime, but why it was predicted in a note found earlier—signed by the unknown Picpus.

About the Author

Georges Simenon was born in Liège, Belgium, in 1903. Best known in the English-speaking world as the author of the Maigret books, his prolific output of over 400 novels and short stories has made him a household name in continental Europe. He died in 1989 in Lausanne, Switzerland, where he had lived for the latter part of his life.

David Coward is the award-winning translator of Albert Cohen's Belle du Seigneur and numerous other French works.