The Carter of "la Providence" (inspector Maigret)
A Novel
Picador · Print & ebook · June 3, 2025
A glamorous woman suddenly turns up dead in the middle of nowhere in a tragic, mysterious puzzle that only Georges Simenon’s legendary detective can solve.
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- Who it’s for
- A baffling murder unsettles a French canal’s placid, rainy day.
- Genres
- International Crime Fiction, 20th-Century French Fiction, British Mystery
- Published
- Picador, June 3, 2025
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A glamorous woman suddenly turns up dead in the middle of nowhere in a tragic, mysterious puzzle that only Georges Simenon’s legendary detective can solve. It’s just another slow, rainy day on a French canal, until the discovery of a woman’s body disrupts the placid scene. Inspector Maigret is baffled by the facts of the case: an expensively dressed woman, Mary Lampson, has been strangled in a nearby stable, with no road nearby wide enough for automobile traffic.
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Only by chance was her body found, without a noise, witness, or trace of mud to aid in explaining the scene. How did this glamorous, pearl-laden woman meet her end? It seems that those on board the barge La Providence—Mary’s proud husband, Sir Walter; a friend named Willy Marco; and a Chilean parliament member’s widow—might hold the key to the puzzle. In The Carter of La Providence, once again, Georges Simenon orchestrates a harrowing plot of secrets and dramas that disturb, and reveal the underbelly of, the everyday.
Quietly Unsettling Mystery
A baffling murder unsettles a French canal’s placid, rainy day.
Come here for
- Inspector Maigret facing a puzzle with few clues
- A glamorous victim and an isolated canal setting
Expect
- A mystery built around secrets and unexplained details
- Everyday calm with a disturbing undercurrent
Where it sits
| International Crime Fiction | 42% |
|---|---|
| British Mystery | 34% |
| 20th-Century French Fiction | 31% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- International Crime Fiction
- Crime Fiction
- 20th-Century French Fiction
- Authors
- James Faulkner, Georges Simenon, David Coward - translator
- Publisher
- Picador
- Published
- June 3, 2025
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- International Crime Fiction