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In "Le charretier de "La Providence," Inspector Maï Ge réteils the case of a strangled woman discovered near Lock 14, where canal workers and the waterways converge. His inquiry, moving from the sticky canal banks to a yacht owned by the victim’s husband, unravels a complex story set among the rhythms of the French waterway, the tense class differences between the working bargemen and the affluent maritime community, and the personal motives of the people connected to the murder.
First publish date: 1931
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Police Procedural
Authors: Georges Simenon
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