L'ombre chinoise

About “L'ombre chinoise”

The lighted windows went dark one by one. A dead man's silhouette could be seen through the frosted glass like a Chinese shadow puppet. A taxi arrived, but it was not the public prosecutor. A young woman hurried across the courtyard, leaving a scent of perfume. Maigret is called to the dimly-lit Place des Vosges, where he sees shadowy figures at apartment windows. There, he uncovers a tragic story involving desperate lives, unhappy families, addiction, and a terrible, fatal greed. The story is told in a novel by Georges Simenon.