The shadow puppet

Description:

One 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. 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. Summoned 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.

subjects: French language materials,  Jules Maigret (Fictitious character),  Fiction,  Police,  Fiction, mystery & detective, police procedural,  Fiction, crime,  Maigret, jules (fictitious character), fiction,  Paris (france), fiction,  Murder,  Investigation,  French fiction,  Maigret, Jules (Personnage fictif),  Romans, nouvelles,  Französisch,  Ausgabe,  Kriminalroman,  Kriminalfall,  France, fiction,  Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author)

People: Jules Maigret (Fictitious character)

Places: Paris,  France

Times: 20th century