Peg Leg Lapie, a crusty old sailor, is found mysteriously murdered in a most incongruous setting: a picturesque cottage near Paris, where he lived attended only by his young housekeeper, Felicie. But Lapie was not alone -- Maigret, chief inspector of the Paris police, is sure of it. A man at work in his garden, wearing clogs and a straw hat, does not suddenly drop his tools to go indoors and fetch a bottle of brandy to drink alone in the summerhouse. There must have been another glass that someone removed. But Felicie, in her red hat trimmed with an iridescent feather, proves a champion adversary, as skilled in innuendo and evasion as Maigret is in deduction.
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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French
Original Language: French
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The always fascinating Maîgret is given his unique personality by the splendid recreation of Andrew Sachs, who played Manual on "Fawlty Towers." Maîgret journeys to suburban Paris to investigate the murder of Peg Leg Lapie. He meets an array of characters, including the amazing Félice, who looked after the old man and may be his murderer. Sachs effectively and realistically combines city and village with his multitude of accents and tones. He and Simenon keep listeners puzzled until the last minute.The only thing better than reading Simenon is hearing him read by Andrew Sachs. S.G.B. © AudioFile 2001, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Jules Lepie (Peg Leg) is a bookkeeper who loathes adventure, to the point of never marrying. But adventure pursues him. One day he embarks on a long sea voyage purely by mistake - and loses a leg in a brawl!Peg Leg then retires to a placid development of cute little pink brick houses with tiny gardens. But once again peace eludes him. For no apparent reason, he's shot dead in his perfect dollhouse. To the astonishment of relatives, his heir turns out to be his servant girl Félicie. This skinny young woman with her nanny-goat forehead, la-di-da airs and flamboyant clothes leads Maigret quite a dance. What's the meaning of her odd behavior? She won't answer the simplest question without telling a lie. Trapping the slippery Félicie seems impossible. So naturally Maigret becomes obsessed with her. He can't tear himself away from this outlandish girl and her fairy-tale town. Simenon creates one of his oddest and most amusing characters in Félicie. And in this delightful book, Maigret's style of working the case is at its most erratic and eccentric.
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