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The Carter of 'La Providence' (Inspector Maigret, Bk 2)
The Carter of 'La Providence' - Inspector Maigret, Bk 2 Author:Georges Simenon, David Coward (Translator) What was the woman doing here? — In a stable, wearing pearl earrings, her stylish bracelet and white buckskin shoes! — She must have been alive when she got there because the crime had been committed after ten in the evening. — But how? And why? And no one had heard a thing! She had not screamed. The... more » two carters had not woken up.
If the whip had not been mislaid, it was likely the body might not have been discovered for a couple of weeks or a month, by chance when someone turned over the straw.
And other carters passing through would have snored the night away next to a woman's corpse!
These questions lead Maigret into an unfamiliar world of canals, with its run down cafes, shadowy towpaths, and eccentric inhabitants.« less