The Madman of Bergerac

The Madman of Bergerac

Author: Georges Simenon

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 9780143111962

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After being wounded while following a man who had mysteriously jumped off a train, Inspector Maigret becomes caught up in an investigtion in a provincial French town terrorized by a maniacal murderer. Original.


The Madman of Bergerac

The Madman of Bergerac

Author: Georges Simenon

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2007-06-05

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 1440628637

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One of the world?s most successful crime writers, Georges Simenon has thrilled mystery lovers around the world since 1931 with his matchless creation Inspector Maigret. In The Madman of Bergerac, Maigret gets caught up in an investigation in a provincial French town terrorized by a maniacal murderer?only after being shot following a man who has mysteriously jumped off a moving train. The Madman of Bergerac captures the obsessive snobbery and hypocrisy of small-town bourgeoisie.


The Madman of Bergerac

The Madman of Bergerac

Author: Georges Simenon

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2015-01-01

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 0141394579

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A new translation of Simenon's tense novel, book fifteen in the new Penguin Maigret series. He recalled his travelling companion's agitated sleep - was it really sleep? - his sighs, and his sobbing. Then the two dangling legs, the patent-leather shoes and hand-knitted socks . . . An insipid face. Glazed eyes. And Maigret was not surprised to see a grey beard eating into his cheeks. A distressed passenger leaps off a night train and vanishes into the woods. Maigret, on his way to a well-earned break in the Dordogne, is soon plunged into the pursuit of a madman, hiding amongst the seemingly respectable citizens of Bergerac. Penguin is publishing the entire series of Maigret novels in new translations. 'Compelling, remorseless, brilliant' John Gray '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 'A supreme writer . . . unforgettable vividness' Independent


Maigret and the Man on the Bench

Maigret and the Man on the Bench

Author: Georges Simenon

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P

Published: 1975

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13:

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Mondays are nobody's favorite day, but when Maigret's week begins with a corpse found stabbed to death in a Parisian alley, the Inspector immediately sees a flaw. Murders are rarely committed on Mondays. That clue, along with the victim's strange recent behavior, leads Maigret to the cause of this nasty crime-and reveals the tale of a deadly marriage.


Maigret Travels

Maigret Travels

Author: Georges Simenon

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2018-01-04

Total Pages: 167

ISBN-13: 0241303834

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'His artistry is supreme' John Banville Eyes half-closed, head tilted against the back of his seat, he seemed not to be thinking, as the plane flew over a thick carpet of bright clouds. In reality, he was making an effort to bring names and shadowy figures to life, names and figures that even this morning had been as unknown to him as the inhabitants of another planet. The attempted suicide of a countess and the death of a billionaire in the same luxury Paris hotel send Maigret to the Riviera and then to Switzerland, as he searches for the truth amid the glittering world of the super-rich. This novel has been published in a previous translation as Maigret and the Millionaires. '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


The Bells of Bicêtre

The Bells of Bicêtre

Author: Georges Simenon

Publisher: Signet Book

Published: 1964

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13:

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Paralyzed and unable to speak, a newspaper publisher reviews his life from a hospital bed and is able to find a new understanding.


Friend of Madame Maigret

Friend of Madame Maigret

Author: Georges Simenon

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2007-06-05

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 1440677980

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In The Friend of Madame Maigret, Simenon?s economic prose brilliantly portrays the Marais quarter of Paris and those who haunt its narrow streets as Inspector Maigret attempts to prove that a murder has actually been committed without a corpse anywhere to be found. As the investigation becomes increasingly complex, seemingly unconnected characters are drawn into the case, and Maigret begins to wonder if his wife?s earlier strange encounter with a woman and her baby may be the missing link.


Lock No. 1

Lock No. 1

Author: Georges Simenon

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2015-04-02

Total Pages: 158

ISBN-13: 0141979526

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A new translation of Georges Simenon's novel set in claustraphobic provincial town, book eighteen in the new Penguin Maigret series. Cars drove past along with the trucks and trams, but by now Maigret had realised that they were not important. Whatever roared by like this along the road was not part of the landscape. ... What really counted was the lock, the hooting of the tugs, the stone crusher, the barges and the cranes, the two pilots' bars and especially the tall house where he could make out Ducrau's red chair framed by a window. Penguin is publishing the entire series of Maigret novels in new translations. This novel has been published in a previous translation as The Lock at Charenton. 'Compelling, remorseless, brilliant' John Gray '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 'A supreme writer . . . unforgettable vividness' Independent


Maigret and the Death of a Harbor-master

Maigret and the Death of a Harbor-master

Author: Georges Simenon

Publisher: Mariner Books

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13:

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The tidal regularity of life in a quiet village is broken when the local harbor-master is murdered, and Inspector Maigret must force the killer into the open by using all of his famous instincts.


The Yellow Dog

The Yellow Dog

Author: Georges Simenon

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2014-03-06

Total Pages: 127

ISBN-13: 0141976721

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The fifth book in the new Penguin Maigret series: Georges Simenon's gripping tale of small town suspicion and revenge, in Linda Asher's timeless translation. There was an exaggerated humility about her. Her cowed eyes, her way of gliding noiselessly about without bumping into things, of quivering nervously at the slightest word, were the very image of a scullery maid accustomed to hardship. And yet he sensed, beneath that image, glints of pride held firmly in check. She was anaemic. Her flat chest was not formed to rouse desire. Nevertheless, she was strangely appealing, perhaps because she seemed troubled, despondent, sickly. In the windswept seaside town of Concarneau, a local wine merchant is shot. In fact, someone is out to kill all the influential men and the entire town is soon sent into a state of panic. For Maigret, the answers lie with the pale, downtrodden waitress Emma, and a strange yellow dog lurking in the shadows... Penguin is publishing the entire series of Maigret novels in new translations. This novel has been published in a previous translation as A Face for a Clue. 'Compelling, remorseless, brilliant' John Gray '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 'A supreme writer . . . unforgettable vividness' Independent