The Train from Venice

Georges Simenon's books are known worldwide. In terms of the number of translations, he shares the top spots with Hugo and Jules Verne. A master of the detective plot, an incredibly prolific writer (over 400 published works!), and the creator of one of the most charming detectives of the 20th century - Commissioner Maigret. This edition includes two well-known detective novels by Simenon. The hero of the novel «The Train from Venice», Justin Calmar, returns to Paris after a vacation in Venice. On the train, he meets a mysterious fellow traveler and agrees at his request to pick up a suitcase from the luggage locker at the station and take it to a certain address. As a result of a series of mysterious circumstances, he finds himself in possession of a large sum of money... In the novel «Unknowns in the House», a lawyer investigates a murder that occurred in his own home, where, as he soon learns, a strange company of young people regularly gathered.