{"product_id":"9780241487099","title":"The Strangers in the House","description":"Author: Simenon, Georges\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780241487099\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Feb 2022\u003cbr\u003ePages: 224 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA new translation of a twisting detective novel from the celebrated author of the Maigret series\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHector Loursat, a lawyer in the small town of Moulins, has lived as a drunken recluse since his wife left him eighteen years previously. Unmoored from society and estranged from his daughter, he shuts himself away, numbed by endless bottles of burgundy. But when a dead man is found in his house one night, the resulting police investigation unearths secrets that shake the town - and Loursat's isolation - to the core. No longer able to ignore the world, he emerges to take on the murder case himself and confront the lives of Moulins' by-ways and back streets.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the progressive break-down of Loursat's self-imposed isolation, Simenon brilliantly depicts the psychology of loneliness and a man's tortured re-engagement with humanity and its darkest acts.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48198026887326,"sku":"UBD-9780241487099","price":22.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780241487099.jpg?v=1787745814","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780241487099","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}