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Betty by Georges Simenon
Category: Fiction
A searing exploration of a woman's hidden destructive impulses from one of the great writers of the twentieth century'There was no longer that ambivalent inconsistency between her words and thoughts, no more fever, no more artificial heat, no more vagueness. Instead was the truth in all its rawness, in ...Show more
Death Threats: And Other Stories by Georges Simenon
Category: Crime Fiction
A new selection of stories featuring the celebrated literary detective, Inspector MaigretAn ageing boxer caught in a love triangle. A wealthy Parisian family on the brink of collapse. A mysterious murder in a hotel in Cannes.These tales of human frailty and deceit - three of which are being published in ...Show more
Madame Maigret's Own Case by Georges Simenon
Category: Fiction
When two human teeth are found in the furnace of a Flemish bookbinder, police quickly take him into custody. Blood stains are discovered on a suit in the suspect's closet, but he denies ownership. Then, a strangely heavy suitcase found in his workshop disappears. A neighboring shoemaker is willing to ta ...Show more
Maigret : Collected Cases by Michael (NRT) Maurice (NRT); Gough Georges; Denham Simenon
Category: Audio | Series: Classic Radio Crime
Maigret Goes to School: Inspector Maigret #44 by Georges Simenon; Linda Coverdale (Translator)
Category: Fiction | Series: Inspector Maigret Ser.
"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 GuardianInspector Maigret becomes entangled in the dramas of a small town on his quest to solve t ...Show more
Maigret In Court by Georges Simenon
Category: Classics
In a great courtroom drama, Maigret has to explain why he does not believe that Gaston Meurant was capable of slitting his aunt's throat for money and smothering a small child. But in saving him from the gallows, Maigret must expose some dark secrets about Meurant's life. This is a painful story of an o ...Show more
Maigret and the Dead Girl by Georges Simenon; Howard Curtis (Translator)
Category: Fiction | Series: Inspector Maigret Ser.
"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 When the body of a young girl is found in a Montmartre park, Maigret must team up with a ...Show more
Maigret and the Headless Corpse: Inspector Maigret #47 by Georges Simenon
Category: Classics
One of Inspector Maigret's strangest and most compelling cases, now part of a new crime series in Penguin Modern ClassicsThe discovery of a dismembered body in the Canal Saint Martin leads Maigret into a tangled, baffling case involving a taciturn bistro-owner and a mysterious inheritance.
Maigret and the Lazy Burglar - Inspector Maigret #57 by Georges Simenon; Howard Curtis (Translator)
Category: Fiction | Series: Inspector Maigret Ser.
During a high-profile hunt for the latest criminal gang to hit Paris, Maigret is determined to track down the murderer of a quiet crook whom he cannot help but respect When the body of Honor Cuendot, an old burglar acquaintance of Maigret's, is found in the Bois de Boulogne with his face bashed in, ...Show more