The Hotel Majestic

by Georges Simenon and David Watson
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Published by: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Publish Date: December 25, 2006
Print ISBN: 0143038451
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In The Hotel Majestic, Maigret investigates the murder of Mrs. Clark, the wife of a wealthy American industrialist, whose strangled body is found in the basement of an upscale hotel near the Champs-Elysees. Maigret's inquiries take him from the endless corridors of the Hotel Majestic to the countryside of the Bois de Boulogne and sun-drenched Cannes, into a world of prostitution, drug addiction, and blackmail.

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Two more outings of Simenon's marvelous Inspector Maigret mysteries, Bar on the Seine (1931) finds the French sleuth investigating a murder among a group of close friends. Hotel Majestic (1942) offers another murder, this time at a posh establishment on the Champs-Elysoes, whose guests perhaps are not as exclusive as believed. The Maigret books are as addictive as crack, and fans will gobble these up. Copyright 2007 Reed Business Information.

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Bio of Georges Simenon

Georges Simenon (1903-1989) began work as a reporter for a local newspaper at the age of sixteen, and at nineteen he moved to Paris to embark on a career as a novelist. He went on to write seventy-five Maigret novels and twenty-eight Maigret short stories.