title: C&eacute;cile Is Dead (Inspector Maigret)
author:  Georges Simenon 
description: <b>Praise for Georges Simenon:</b><br><br>&ldquo;One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century&#160;.&#160;.&#160;. Simenon was unequaled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories.&rdquo; &mdash;<i>The Guardian</i><br><br> &ldquo;These Maigret books are as timeless as Paris itself.&rdquo; &mdash;<i>The Washington Post</i><br><br> &ldquo;Maigret ranks with Holmes and Poirot in the pantheon of fictional detective immortals.&rdquo; &mdash;<i>People</i><br><br> &ldquo;I love reading Simenon. He makes me think of Chekhov.&rdquo; &mdash;William Faulkner<br><br> &ldquo;The greatest of all, the most genuine novelist we have had in literature.&rdquo; &mdash;Andr&eacute; Gide<br><br> &ldquo;A supreme writer&#160;.&#160;.&#160;. Unforgettable vividness.&rdquo; &mdash;<i>The Independent</i> (London)<br><br> &ldquo;Superb&#160;.&#160;.&#160;. The most addictive of writers&#160;.&#160;.&#160;. A unique teller of tales.&rdquo; &mdash;<i>The Observer</i> (London)<br><br> &ldquo;Compelling, remorseless, brilliant.&rdquo; &mdash;John Gray<br><br> &ldquo;A truly wonderful writer&#160;.&#160;.&#160;. Marvelously readable&mdash;lucid, simple, absolutely in tune with the world he creates.&rdquo; &mdash;Muriel Spark<br><br> &ldquo;A novelist who entered his fictional world as if he were a part of it.&rdquo;lle &mdash;Peter Ackroyd<br><br> &ldquo;Extraordinary masterpieces of the twentieth century.&rdquo; &mdash;John Banville
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  Georges Sim - La Maison de l'inquiétude
  
  
  
  
  
  1930\. First serialized in: L'Œuvre daily newspaper, March, 1930
  
  
  
  
  
  1999: Translated from the French by Stephen Trussel
  
  
  
  
  
  http://www.trussel.com/maig/maison.htm
  
  
  
  
  
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  **The House of Anxiety  
  by Georges Sim  
  Part One**
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  **2**
  
  
  
  
  
  **CAPTAIN TRUFFIER'S MURDER**
  
  
  
  
  
  "Close the door! Find a telephone and notify the Public Prosecutor's Office
  and Criminal Records. Make absolutely certain they bring along a police
  doctor. Wait! Send in the concierge. That's all!"
  
  
  
  
  
  The officer was delighted to obey, happy to be unloaded of all responsibility.
  "Do you have an idea?"
  
  
  
  
  
  The superintendent didn't answer, turned toward the Montreuil physician. "You
  can go. Send me your report as soon as possible. Thank you!"
  
  
  
  
  
  He was alone with the concierge, who had just entered, but he didn't hurry to
  question her. He paced back and forth, hands in his pockets, hat pushed back.
  
  
  
  
  
  On the wall at 