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Author | Georges Simenon |
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Original title | French: L'Ombre chinoise |
Language | French |
Series | Inspector Jules Maigret |
Genre | Detective fiction, Crime fiction |
Publisher | Fayard |
Publication date | 1932 |
Publication place | Belgium |
Published in English | 1934 |
Media type | |
Preceded by | Guinguette by the Seine |
Followed by | Maigret Goes Home |
The Shadow in the Courtyard (other English-language titles are Maigret Mystified and The Shadow Puppet; French: L'Ombre chinoise) is a detective novel by Belgian writer Georges Simenon, featuring his character inspector Jules Maigret. The novel was written in Antibes in December 1931 and was published a month later, in January 1932, by the Parisian publishing house Fayard.[1]