# Maigret and the Headless Corpse

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- Authors: [Georges Simenon](https://www.bookquiver.com/georges-simenon)
- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-02-4129-726-1
- Pages: 192
- Published: 2025-06-12
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

When a man's headless body is pulled from the Canal Saint Martin, Maigret and his colleagues are puzzled. In a chance encounter at a local cafe Maigret uncovers the truth behind this disturbing murder in an intriguing story of an estranged family, adulterous affairs and a secret inheritance