Maigret At The Coroner'S Av Georges Simenon

<p><b>''Compelling, remorseless, brilliant'' John Gray </b><br><br><i>The FBI man was convinced, in short, that Maigret was a big shot in his own country but that here, in the United States, he was incapable of figuring out anything . . .well, Maigret happened to believe that men and their passions are the same everywhere.</i><br><br>Maigret is touring the United States to observe American policing methods, when a visit to a coroner''s inquest in Arizona draws him into the tragic story of a young woman and five airmen in the desert.<br><br>''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'' <i>Guardian</i><br><br>''A supreme writer . . . unforgettable vividness'' <i>Independent</i></p>