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One at a time the lighted windows proceeded to go dark. The silhouette of the useless man could be seen through the frosted glass like a Chinese language darkness puppet. A taxi cab taken up. It wasn't the general public prosecutor yet. A young female crossed the courtyard with hurried steps, giving a whiff of perfume in her wake. Summoned to the dimly-lit Place des Vosges one night time, where he views shadowy figures at apartment windows, Maigret uncovers a tragic storyline of needy lives, unhappy individuals, addiction and an awful, fatal greed. Georges Simenon was born in Liège, Belgium, in 1903. Best known in Britain as the writer of the "Maigret" books, his prolific outcome of over 400 books and short reports have made him children name in continental Europe. He passed away in 1989 in Lausanne, Switzerland, where he previously resided for the last mentioned part of his life. Anthea Bell is the award-winning translator of several French and German works: from the Asterix comics to W. G. Sebald's literary masterpiece Austerlitz. Audible will be producing all 75 Maigret titles.