{"product_id":"9780698157552","title":"A Crime in Holland","description":"A new translation of Georges Simenon's novel set in a tranquil town on the dutch coast, book seven in the new Penguin Maigret series.  'Just take a look,' Duclos said in an undertone, pointing to the  scene all round them, the picture-book town, with everything in its  place, like ornaments on the mantlepiece of a careful housewife . . .  'Everyone here earns his living. Everyone's more or less content. And  above all, everyone keeps his instincts under control, because that's  the rule here, and a necessity if people want to live in society'  When  a French professor visiting the quiet, Dutch coastal town of Delfzjil  is accused of murder, Maigret is sent to investigate. The community seem  happy to blame an unknown outsider, but there are people much closer to  home who seem to know much more than they're letting on: Beetje, the  dissatisfied daughter of a local farmer, Any van Elst, sister-in-law of  the deceased and a notorious local crook.  Penguin is publishing the entire series of Maigret novels in new translations. This novel has been published in a previous translation as Maigret in Holland.  'Compelling, remorseless, brilliant' John Gray  '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' Guardian  'A supreme writer . . . unforgettable vividness' Independent  Georges  Simenon was born in Liège, Belgium, in 1903. Best known in Britain as  the author of the Maigret books, his prolific output of over 400 novels  and short stories have made him a household name in continental Europe.  He died in 1989 in Lausanne, Switzerland, where he had lived for the  latter part of his life.","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47111804879088,"sku":"9780698157552","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780698157552_p0.jpg?v=1763620447","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780698157552","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}