A new translation of Georges Simenons gripping tale of lost identity. Book sixteen in the new Penguin Maigret series.A man picked up for wandering in obvious distress among the cars and buses on the Grands Boulevards. Questioned in French he remains mute . . . A madman In Maigrets office he is searched. His suit is new his underwear is new his shoes are new. All identifying labels have been removed. No identification papers. No wallet. Five crisp thousand franc bills have been slipped into one of his pockets.A distressed man is found wandering the streets of Paris with no memory of who he is or how he got there. The answers lead Maigret to a small harbour town whose quiet citizens conceal a poisonous malice