Georges Simenon: The Train from Venice

Georges Simenon’s books are known all over the world. In terms of the number of translations, he ranks alongside Victor Hugo and Jules Verne. A master of detective plots, an incredibly prolific writer (over 400 published works!), and the creator of one of the most charming detectives of the 20th century—Inspector Maigret. This edition includes two of Simenon's well-known detective novels.
The protagonist of the novel "The Train from Venice," Justin Calmar, is returning to Paris from his vacation in Venice. On the train, he meets a mysterious fellow traveler and agrees to his request to pick up a suitcase from a station locker and deliver it to a certain address. Through a series of mysterious circumstances, he ends up in possession of a large sum of money...
In the novel "The Strangers in the House," a lawyer investigates a murder that took place in his own home, where, as he soon learns, a strange group of young people had been regularly meeting.

Author: Georges Simenon

Translation: Nina Brandis, Nadezhda Zharkova, Eleonora Shrayber

Pages: 352 (newsprint). Paperback

Dimensions: 180x116x16 mm

Series: Azbooka-Classics