Readers of age 18 years and up will enjoy The Carter of 'La Providence' .
The estimated word count of The Carter of 'La Providence' (Inspector Maigret Book 4) is 32,240 words.
A person reading at the average speed of 250 words/min, will finish the book in 2 hrs 9 mins. At a slower speed of 150 words/min, they will finish it in 3 hrs 35 mins. At a faster speed of 450 words/min, they will finish it in 1 hrs 12 mins.
The Carter of 'La Providence' (Inspector Maigret Book 4) - 32,240 words | ||
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Reading Speed | Time to Read | |
Slow | 150 words/min | 3 hrs 35 mins |
Average | 250 words/min | 2 hrs 9 mins |
Fast | 450 words/min | 1 hrs 12 mins |
for The Carter of 'La Providence' (Inspector Maigret Book 4)
“The matchless French crime novelist” -- Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker“One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . Simenon was unequaled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories.” —The GuardianA tragic tale of lost identity, and a mystery that only Inspector Maigret can solve“What was the woman doing here? In a stable, wearing pearl earrings, her stylish bracelet and white buckskin shoes! She must have been alive when she got there because the crime had been committed after ten in the evening. But how? And why? And no one had heard a thing! She had not screamed. The two carters had not woken up.”Inspector Maigret is standing in the pouring rain by a canal. A well-dressed woman, Mary Lampson, has been found strangled in a stable nearby. Why did her glamorous, hedonistic life come to such a brutal end here? Surely her taciturn husband Sir Walter knows—or maybe the answers lie with the crew of the barge La Providence. Read more