{"product_id":"9780141980690","title":"Signed, Picpus: Inspector Maigret #23","description":"\u003cp\u003eMaigret dismantles an intricate network of lies stretching from Paris to Nice in book twenty-three of the new Penguin Maigret series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA small, thin man, rather dull to look at, neither young nor old, exuding the stale smell of a bachelor who does not look after himself. He pulls his fingers and cracks his knuckles and tells his tale the way a schoolboy recites his lesson.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA mysterious note predicting the murder of a fortune-teller; a confused old man locked in a Paris apartment; a financier who goes fishing; a South American heiress ... Maigret must make his way through a frustrating maze of clues, suspects and motives to find out what connects them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePenguin is publishing the entire series of Maigret novels in new translations. This novel has been published in previous translations as \u003ci\u003eTo Any Lengths \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMaigret and the Fortuneteller\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Compelling, remorseless, brilliant' John Gray\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'One of the  greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . Simenon was unequalled  at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his  brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A supreme writer . . . unforgettable vividness' \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47151175663856,"sku":"9780141980690","price":11.27,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780141980690_p0.jpg?v=1763656096","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780141980690","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}