Maigret and the Man on the Bench

"Marvellously evoke[s] the sounds, the smells, the colour and the raucous life of European bars, ports and cities."-P. D . JAMES MO N DAY S are nobody's favorite day, but when Maigret's week begins with a corpse found stabbed to death in a Parisian alley, the Inspector immediately sees a flaw. Murders are rarely committed on Mondays. That clue, along with the victim's strange recent behavior, leads Maigret to the cause of this nasty crime-and reveals the tale of a deadly marriage. G E O R G E S S I M E N O N (1903-1989) was born in Liegrave;ge, Belgium. He published his first novel at seventeen and went on to write more than two hundred novels, becoming one of the world's most prolific and bestselling authors. His books have sold more than 500 million copies and have been translated into fifty languages.Simenon, Georges is the author of 'Maigret and the Man on the Bench', published 2003 under ISBN 9780156028370 and ISBN 0156028379.