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Maigret and the Headless Corpse
Maigret and the Headless Corpse | Georges Simenon
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The dismembered body of a man is found in a canal, and only Maigret can uncover the killer. When a mans headless body is discovered in Pariss Saint-Martin Canal, Maigret is quick to answer the call. It is in this very neighborhood that he meets a strangely taciturn woman who runs a cafe. Her husband is away on a tripor so she says. As is often the case, Maigret soon learns that there is more to the story than meets the eye.
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I should probably have stopped early on; the cops are surprised that the headless corpse seems to be a man and thus consider it worth investigating, because « normally » they‘d see women being dismembered, and nine times out of ten said woman would be a prostitute. Like maybe they should be trying to stop whoever‘s killing women? Ugh.

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#ReadingEurope2020 #France
First country down!

Librarybelle Hooray! 5y
BarbaraBB A real French classic! 5y
kspenmoll @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB I really enjoyed the book & now want to read the next in the series! 5y
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“There was no lack of colorful individuals in a neighborhood like Quai de Valmy.But he had seldom encountered the kind of inertia he had seen in that woman.It was hard to explain.When most people look at you, there is some sort of exchange, however small.A contact is established, even if that contact is a kind of defiance.With her, on the contrary there is nothing.”
A baffling case involving a dismembered body & puzzling inertia of a bistro owner.

myellenbee I love Simenon's books. 5y
kspenmoll @myellenbee I read his Christmas stories which made me want to read more. Really enjoying him & want to read more!!! 5y
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#WeeklyForcast

#CopperCountryRead- 100 pages 📗
#audio- Death of Riley-4 chapters 🎧
#childrensclassicread2020 - Emily-10 min per day📕
#readingEurope2020-Mairgret-finish📘

Cinfhen Is that EMILY the edition you‘re reading from??? COVER is stunning!!!!! 5y
TheBookHippie @Cinfhen I have it to and it is just a stunning book! 5y
kspenmoll @TheBookHippie @Cinfhen I have to confess I saw @TheBookHippie ‘s copy & had to buy it!!!!! (edited) 5y
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TheBookHippie 💜🤣🤣🤣 I‘m a problem with book covers 🤣 5y
Cinfhen Best problem to have @TheBookHippie !!! 5y
TheBookHippie @Cinfhen well I think so the bank doesn‘t always agree 🤦🏽‍♀️ 5y
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#ReadingEurope2020 #France #Booked2020 #Winter
#Finishinaday #booksandcoffee #porchreading
Challenging myself to see if I can read tagged book in a day- already walked 2 miles-anther day in 60s.

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#ReadingEurope2020 #France 🇫🇷
Plan to make the tagged book my first in this challenge.

BarbaraBB You can‘t go wrong with Simenon! 5y
Librarybelle Awesome! 5y
JazzFeathers I have never read Simenon. I hear he's one of those authors that you either love or hate. Mhm... there are new translations coming out here in Italy at the moment. The translator is a friend of my sister's. Sounds like a good occasion. 5y
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