{"product_id":"shadow-puppet","title":"Shadow Puppet","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new translation of this gripping domestic tragedy, set in Simenon''s very own neighbourhood.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne by one the lighted windows went dark. The silhouette of the dead man could still be seen through the frosted glass like a Chinese shadow puppet.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e A taxi pulled up. It wasn''t the public prosecutor yet. A young woman crossed the courtyard with hurried steps, leaving a whiff of perfume in her wake.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSummoned to the dimly-lit Place des Vosges one night, where he sees shadowy figures at apartment windows, Maigret uncovers a tragic story of desperate lives, unhappy families, addiction and a terrible, fatal greed. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePenguin is publishing the entire series of Maigret novels in new translations. This novel has been published in previous translations as \u003ci\u003eMaigret Mystified\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Shadow in the Courtyard\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Compelling, remorseless, brilliant'' John Gray\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''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'' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57319614742910,"sku":"NW9780141394183","price":9.07,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780141394183.jpg?v=1778696758","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/shadow-puppet","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}