The Ninth Simenon Omnibus

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Maigret et Monsieur Charles first published in France, 1972 Copyright © Georges Simenon, 1972 Translation published in Great Britain by Hamish Hamilton, 1973 Translation copyright © Georges Simenon, 1973

La Disparation d’Odile first published in France, 1971 Copyright © Georges Simenon, 1971 Translation published in Great Britain by Hamish Hamilton, 1972 Translation copyright © Georges Simenon, 1972

Le Chat first published in France, 1967 Copyright © Georges Simenon, 1967 Translation published in Great Britain by Hamish Hamilton ,1972 Translation copyright © Georges Simenon, 1972

Published in Penguin Books 1976

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