New York: Signet.. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1957. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. First American paperback edition. INSCRIBED & dated in year of publication by Georges Simenon to his American paperback publisher Kurt Enoch on front end-paper. Near fine in pictorial printed wrappers. (Trace of light shelf-wear at spine. ) Cover art by Robert Schulz. Blurb on cover reads- "Murder opened his eyes to his wayward daughter's sins." Superb association copy. ; 4 1/2" X 7" ; 128 pages .

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Georges Simenon (1903—1989) emerged as a writer in the 1930s, gaining renown for his detective stories featuring Inspector Maigret. He is no less famous for his psychological novels. New York Review Books has published revised translations of Simenon's most acclaimed romans durs, including Dirty Snow , Three Bedrooms in Manhattan, The Man Who Watched Trains Go By, Monsieur Monde Vanishes, Tropic Moon, and most recently, Red Lights. P.D. James is the author of eighteen books. She served in the forensics and criminal justice departments of Great Britain’s Home Office, and she has been a magistrate and a governor of the BBC. In 2000 she published her autobiography, Time to Be in Earnest.

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Bookseller: Waverley Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 3114313
Title: Strangers in the House.
Author: Simenon, Georges
Format/Binding: Softcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine with no dust jacket
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Signet.
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1957

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