Maigret and the Old Lady
Maigret and the Old Lady

Author: Georges Simenon

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2017-02-28

Total Pages: 179

ISBN-13: 1101992506

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“A writer as comfortable with reality as with fiction, with passion as with reason.” —John Le Carré Inspector Maigret takes a case from a lively old widow whose maid has been poisoned The inexplicable murder of the wealthy Valentine Besson’s maid leads the older woman to believe that she herself was the intended target. Inspector Maigret undertakes the investigation, meeting Mrs. Besson’s dysfunctional family and a cavalcade of suspects. As he delves into the case, Maigret must unravel a tangled web of family politics—and confront Valentine’s stepsons, who may be harboring dark secrets of their own.

Maigret and the Madwoman
Maigret and the Madwoman

Author: Georges Simenon

Publisher: Harvest Books

Published: 1979

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 9780156551229

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Maigret's Failure
Maigret's Failure

Author: Georges Simenon

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2017-11-02

Total Pages: 163

ISBN-13: 024130380X

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'His artistry is supreme' John Banville Conflict rather than harmony probably reigned in eight out of ten of the still magnificent houses that surrounded the park. But he had rarely had the opportunity to breath such a strained atmosphere as the one between these walls. Everything seemed fake, grating, starting with the lodge of the concierge-cum-manservant, who was neither a concierge nor a manservant, despite his striped waistcoat, but a former poacher, a murderer turned guard dog. When a self-made man appeals to Maigret for protection at his lavish home, a years-old grudge from the past resurfaces and the inspector finds himself questioning his own motives. 'One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . Simenon was unequalled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories' Guardian

Maigret Takes a Room
Maigret Takes a Room

Author: Georges Simenon

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2016-11-03

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 0141981350

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'Compelling, remorseless, brilliant' John Gray 'What he thought he had discovered, in place of the joyful candour that she usually displayed, was an irony which was neither less cheerful nor less childish, but which troubled him ... He wondered now if his exultation wasn't down to the fact that she was playing a part, not just to deceive him, not just to hide something from him, but for the pleasure of acting a part' When one of his best inspectors is shot, Maigret decides to book himself into Mademoiselle Clément's well-kept Paris boarding house nearby in order to find the culprit. 'One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century' Guardian 'A supreme writer . . . unforgettable vividness' Independent

Maigret's Memoirs
Maigret's Memoirs

Author: Georges Simenon

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2017-04-25

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 0241240174

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“One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . Simenon was unequaled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories.” —The Guardian A fictional autobiography of Maigret, Georges Simenon’s brilliant detective In this make-believe memoir, Maigret recounts a meeting with the author himself. The account starts with the arrival of Georges Sim, as he is called here, at the Paris Police Judiciaire to soak up atmosphere for his crime novels by dogging the footsteps of Inspector Maigret. The detective is irritated by the audacious young writer who names a character after him and argues that he oversimplifies, in his fiction, the intricate duties of the police investigating a case. Here, Maigret “sets the record straight,” telling readers how he’s different from the invention, and about his courtship and marriage to his beloved Louise. Ingeniously amusing and tender, Maigret’s Memoirs is a look inside the mind of the brilliant Maigret like never before.

Maigret's Pipe
Maigret's Pipe

Author: Georges Simenon

Publisher: Harvest Books

Published: 1994-10-14

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780156551465

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Seventeen stories feature Simenon's dauntless detective as he works on some baffling cases both from his base--Paris police headquarters on the Quai des Ortevres--and throughout the provinces.

Maigret in Vichy
Maigret in Vichy

Author: Georges Simenon

Publisher: Harvest Books

Published: 1969

Total Pages: 177

ISBN-13: 9780156551403

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Translated by Eileen Ellenbogen. "A Helen and Kurt Wolff book."

Maigret's Patience
Maigret's Patience

Author: Georges Simenon

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2019-02-07

Total Pages: 169

ISBN-13: 0241304148

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'Compelling, remorseless, brilliant' John Gray Maigret finds himself back on the Rue des Acacias just ten days after cracking another case there. This time it is the murder of a criminal Maigret has known for over twenty years and one he always suspected was behind a string of jewellery robberies in the city. Maigret's patience is tested as he eliminates neighbour by neighbour in his hunt for the murderer. This novel has been published in a previous translation as Maigret Bides His Time. 'His artistry is supreme' John Banville 'One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . Simenon was unequalled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories' Guardian

Maigret Hesitates
Maigret Hesitates

Author: Georges Simenon

Publisher:

Published: 1970

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13:

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Maigret one day receives an anonymous letter written on extravagantly splendid stationery. Without giving further details, it states that a murder will be committed shortly and pleads for Maigret's help. Maigret, though used to letters from cranks that lead nowhere, is shaken. He has no trouble tracing the stationery to the house where it came from -- the sumptuous Paris establishment of an eminently successful expert in Maritime Law, who is surrounded by family, various office help, and household staff.

Maigret's Dead Man
Maigret's Dead Man

Author: Georges Simenon

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2016-03-03

Total Pages: 213

ISBN-13: 0141981296

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'Compelling, remorseless, brilliant' John Gray Maigret plunges into the murky Parisian underworld in book twenty-nine of the new Penguin Maigret series. 'That shoeless foot looked incongruous lying on the pavement next to another foot encased in a shoe made of black kid leather. It was naked, private . . . It was Maigret who retrieved the other shoe which lay by the kerb six or seven metres away' A series of strange phone calls leads Inspector Maigret through the Paris streets towards a man out of his depth amid a network of merciless criminals. This novel has been published in a previous translation as Maigret's Special Murder. 'His artistry is supreme' John Banville 'A supreme writer . . . unforgettable vividness' Independent