Jules Maigret mysteries
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1. Maigret and the tavern by the Seine
2. Maigret sits it out
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Maigret uncovers some troubling family politics in this new translation, book thirty-three of the new Penguin Maigret series. 'He had realized that it was her eyes as much as her vivacity that made her look so young. They were of a blue that was paler than the September sky over the sea and still had an expression of surprise, of wonderment' When a charming elderly widow appeals to him for help, Inspector Maigret travels to a seaside village in Normandy...
4. Maigret takes a room
5. Maigret and the hundred gibbets
6. Maigret stonewalled
7. Maigret at the crossroads
8. Maigret and the young girl
9. Maigret's failure
10. Maigret's little joke
11. Maigret's special murder
12. Maigret on holiday
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“A writer as comfortable with reality as with fiction, with passion as with reason.” —John Le Carré
When a Paris musician witnesses an altercation that may have been a murder, the young Inspector Maigret becomes embroiled in his first case
A musician walking home along the Rue Chaptal in the early hours of the morning sees a panic-stricken woman call for help from an upstairs window; moments later he...
When a Paris musician witnesses an altercation that may have been a murder, the young Inspector Maigret becomes embroiled in his first case
A musician walking home along the Rue Chaptal in the early hours of the morning sees a panic-stricken woman call for help from an upstairs window; moments later he...
15. The sailor's rendezvous: a Maigret mystery
16. Maigret and the killer
18. Maigret and the informer
20. Maigret and Monsieur Charles
22. Maigret mystified
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“A writer as comfortable with reality as with fiction, with passion as with reason.” —John Le Carré
Inspector Maigret must untangle the web of lies left behind by a murdered man whose family didn’t know him as well as they thought
When a man is found stabbed to death in an alley off Boulevard Saint-Martin, his identity card shows a workplace that had gone out of business three years earlier. As far...
Inspector Maigret must untangle the web of lies left behind by a murdered man whose family didn’t know him as well as they thought
When a man is found stabbed to death in an alley off Boulevard Saint-Martin, his identity card shows a workplace that had gone out of business three years earlier. As far...
28. Maigret in exile
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“A writer as comfortable with reality as with fiction, with passion as with reason.” —John Le Carré
In Arizona on a study tour of America, Inspector Maigret observes a day in the life of a local coroner and becomes absorbed in a young girl’s murder
On his travels through the U.S., Maigret stops in Tucson, Arizona at the guidance of his FBI friend Harry Cole, who leaves him one day...
In Arizona on a study tour of America, Inspector Maigret observes a day in the life of a local coroner and becomes absorbed in a young girl’s murder
On his travels through the U.S., Maigret stops in Tucson, Arizona at the guidance of his FBI friend Harry Cole, who leaves him one day...
33. Maigret loses his temper
35. Maigret on the defensive
37. Maigret and the Nahour case
39. Maigret afraid
40. Maigret and the loner
41. Maigret in court
42. Maigret meets a milord
44. Maigret in Vichy
45. Maigret's revolver
46. Maigret and the headless corpse
47. Maigret and the pickpocket
48. Maigret bides his time
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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...
51. Maigret hesitates
53. Maigret and the Calame report
54. Maigret goes to school
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“A writer as comfortable with reality as with fiction, with passion as with reason.” —John Le Carré
When a young woman with a dark past is found dead on the streets of Paris, Inspector Maigret is on the case
A young woman named Lulu, who has a history of brushes with the law and once lived on the streets of the 18th arrondissement, is found murdered in Paris. Maigret is called to the scene and...
When a young woman with a dark past is found dead on the streets of Paris, Inspector Maigret is on the case
A young woman named Lulu, who has a history of brushes with the law and once lived on the streets of the 18th arrondissement, is found murdered in Paris. Maigret is called to the scene and...
57. Maigret and the death of a harbor-master
58. Maigret and the fortuneteller
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“A writer as comfortable with reality as with fiction, with passion as with reason.” —John Le Carré
When the head of a powerful Parisian family business is murdered in his bed, Maigret must pick apart the family's darkest secrets to reveal the truth
"The curious thing was that there seemed to be no grief here, only a strange dejection, a kind of uneasy stupor..."
Maigret is called to the home...
When the head of a powerful Parisian family business is murdered in his bed, Maigret must pick apart the family's darkest secrets to reveal the truth
"The curious thing was that there seemed to be no grief here, only a strange dejection, a kind of uneasy stupor..."
Maigret is called to the home...
61. Maigret in Montmartre
63. Maigret and the Flemish shop
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“A writer as comfortable with reality as with fiction, with passion as with reason.” —John Le Carré
Maigret is visited by a troubled man and asks him to keep in touch, hoping to curtail his criminal impulses—but when the man disappears, Maigret must investigate a crime that may or may not have occurred
When Maigret returns home at the end of a long day, he is surprised to find a tense...
Maigret is visited by a troubled man and asks him to keep in touch, hoping to curtail his criminal impulses—but when the man disappears, Maigret must investigate a crime that may or may not have occurred
When Maigret returns home at the end of a long day, he is surprised to find a tense...
65. Maigret at the Gai-Moulin
67. Maigret has scruples
68. Lock 14
69. Maigret and the lazy burglar
70. The Yellow Dog
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“A writer as comfortable with reality as with fiction, with passion as with reason.” —John Le Carré
A gripping mystery from Georges Simenon in which Inspector Maigret must go up against small town suspicion—and revenge
In a small, seaside town in the northwest of France, the local wine dealer is wounded by a gunshot while retuning home drunk from a hotel bar. Maigret, who is heading up a mobile squad...
A gripping mystery from Georges Simenon in which Inspector Maigret must go up against small town suspicion—and revenge
In a small, seaside town in the northwest of France, the local wine dealer is wounded by a gunshot while retuning home drunk from a hotel bar. Maigret, who is heading up a mobile squad...
71. The madman of Bergerac
72. My friend Maigret
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“A writer as comfortable with reality as with fiction, with passion as with reason.” —John Le Carré
A tragic tale of lost identity, and a mystery that only Inspector Maigret can solve
“What was the woman doing here? In a stable, wearing pearl earrings, her stylish bracelet and white buckskin shoes! She must have been alive when she got there because the crime had been committed after ten...
A tragic tale of lost identity, and a mystery that only Inspector Maigret can solve
“What was the woman doing here? In a stable, wearing pearl earrings, her stylish bracelet and white buckskin shoes! She must have been alive when she got there because the crime had been committed after ten...
74. A crime in Holland
75. The Flemish house
76. The Grand Banks Cafe
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“A writer as comfortable with reality as with fiction, with passion as with reason.” —John Le Carré
Inspector Maigret finds himself tangled up in a dreadful death, in Georges Simenon’s haunting tale about the lengths to which people will go to escape from guilt
While in Brussels on police business, Inspector Jules Maigret witnesses a strange act: a scruffy-looking man counts out a large amount of...
Inspector Maigret finds himself tangled up in a dreadful death, in Georges Simenon’s haunting tale about the lengths to which people will go to escape from guilt
While in Brussels on police business, Inspector Jules Maigret witnesses a strange act: a scruffy-looking man counts out a large amount of...
78. The late Monsieur Gallet
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“A writer as comfortable with reality as with fiction, with passion as with reason.” —John Le Carré
In Simenon’s iconic first novel featuring Inspector Maigret, the laconic detective is taken from grimy bars to luxury hotels as he traces a fraudster’s true identity
Inspector Jules Maigret, a taciturn detective and commissaire of the Paris Brigade Criminelle, receives...
In Simenon’s iconic first novel featuring Inspector Maigret, the laconic detective is taken from grimy bars to luxury hotels as he traces a fraudster’s true identity
Inspector Jules Maigret, a taciturn detective and commissaire of the Paris Brigade Criminelle, receives...
80. The Saint-Fiacre affair
81. Cecile is dead
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“A writer as comfortable with reality as with fiction, with passion as with reason.” —John Le Carré
The city of Simenon's youth comes to life in this disturbing Inspector Maigret mystery set in Liège
“In the darkness, the main room is as vast as a cathedral. A great empty space. Some warmth is still seeps from the radiators. Delfosse strikes a match. They stop a moment to catch...
The city of Simenon's youth comes to life in this disturbing Inspector Maigret mystery set in Liège
“In the darkness, the main room is as vast as a cathedral. A great empty space. Some warmth is still seeps from the radiators. Delfosse strikes a match. They stop a moment to catch...
83. Maigret
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Maigret's peaceful retirement in the countryside is disrupted when a relative unwittingly embroils himself in a crime he did not commit, causing the inspector to return to Police Headquarters in Paris once again.
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"Maigret is called to the home of Armand de Saint-Hilaire, a highly respected official who has been found shot dead in his study by his housekeeper. After interviewing everyone concerned Maigret is at a loss to the identity of the perpetrator until he comes across a series of letters from the past fifty years between the victim and a recently widowed woman. As Maigret uncovers the details behind the two's relationship he gets closer to discovering...
85. Maigret's doubts
86. Maigret's secret
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"At a dinner party, Maigret recounts an old case in which Adrien Josset is found guilty and executed for the murder of his wife, Christine. As the case develops under the controlling hand of the magistrate, all clues point to Josset's guilt yet Maigret is left unconvinced following his one interview with him. Years after the case, Maigret still doubts the true identity of the murderer."--Publisher's description.