Maigret's Pickpocket

Maigret's Pickpocket
Author: Georges Simenon
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 131
Release: 2019-12-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0525504184

“A writer as comfortable with reality as with fiction, with passion as with reason.” —John Le Carré When Inspector Maigret's wallet and badge are stolen on a bus, it sets off a chain of events culminating in a grisly murder case A pickpocket steals Maigret's wallet only to contact him the following day, returning the stolen items on the condition that he come to the thief's apartment. When the agitated young thief leads Maigret to the body of his wife, dead of a gunshot wound to the head, he implores Maigret to take the case. Unsure whether he can trust him, the inspector becomes embroiled in a most unusual murder investigation. Putting the detective's knowledge of Paris's underworld to the test, Maigret's Pickpocket is a shocking mystery from Georges Simenon.

Maigret Defends Himself

Maigret Defends Himself
Author: Georges Simenon
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 166
Release: 2019-01-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0241304075

'His artistry is supreme' John Banville For the first time in his career Inspector Maigret receives written summons to the Chief Commissioner's office where he learns that he has been accused of assaulting a young woman. With his career and reputation on the line, Maigret must fight to prove his innocence. This novel has been published in a previous translation as Maigret on the Defensive. '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's World

Maigret's World
Author: Murielle Wenger
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 245
Release: 2017-08-07
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1476629250

Georges Simenon's 75 novels and 28 short stories that feature Chief Inspector Jules Maigret provide us with a great deal of information about the French police detective--but only in small, episodic doses. As readers become acquainted with Maigret one detail at a time, he slowly takes on a flesh-and-bone realism--not merely a character in a story, but someone we would like to meet in real life. This book presents all the canonical facts and details about the detective and his world in one place, presented with tabulations and analyses that enable a better understanding of the works and of Maigret himself.

Investigating Simenon

Investigating Simenon
Author: Russell Campbell
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2022-09-20
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1476689997

For nearly a century, the work of Belgian crime writer and psychological novelist Georges Simenon, creator of Chief Inspector Maigret, has captivated readers worldwide. This investigation situates Simenon's work in its historical context and interprets it as a reaction to shifting gender relations in Western society. Simenon's compelling narratives capture the anxieties of men whose patriarchal position was under threat in an era of insurgent feminist movements. These concerns are also evident in Simenon's pervasive preoccupation with sexuality, as well as his political stance that stems from his petit-bourgeois upbringing. This groundbreaking study includes interwoven commentary on all 191 novels Simenon published under his own name, including several that have never been translated into English, as well as a number of short stories and several pseudonymous works.

Sequels

Sequels
Author: Janet G. Husband
Publisher: American Library Association
Total Pages: 793
Release: 2009-07-30
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0838909671

A guide to series fiction lists popular series, identifies novels by character, and offers guidance on the order in which to read unnumbered series.

Maigret and the Nahour Case

Maigret and the Nahour Case
Author: Georges Simenon
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2019-11-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0525504176

“A writer as comfortable with reality as with fiction, with passion as with reason.” —John Le Carré When a gambler is discovered dead in his home, a coincidence at the scene sends Inspector Maigret down a twisted path of secrets and lies in search of a killer Maigret receives an urgent call in the middle of the night from a doctor friend who says he has just treated a wealthy woman for a suspicious gunshot wound. Not long after, Maigret is called to the home of professional gambler, Felix Nahour, who has just been found by his chambermaid, shot dead. The inspector is shocked to find that he recognizes a photo of the man's wife, who quickly becomes his main suspect. All signs point to her guilt, but as he digs deeper, Maigret begins to infer there might be more to this complicated affair. Suspenseful and terrifically sinister, Maigret and the Nahour Case is a masterful exploration of the twin passions of love and hate as they mingle in the shadowy mind of a criminal.

The People Opposite

The People Opposite
Author: Georges Simenon
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2022-03-03
Genre: Soviet Union
ISBN: 9780241534724

On the shore of the Black Sea, on the edge of the Soviet Union, a little city has a new Turkish consul. Adil Bey - alone in an alien land - has taken the job after the mysterious death of his predecessor. Receiving only suspicion and hostility, he soon becomes reliant on his secretary, Sonia, for any taste of intimacy. They begin a quiet love affair, and from his window at the consulate, he watches her and her family go about their lives in the room across the way. But this is Stalin's world before the war, and nothing is as it seems. . . Georges Simenon's most starkly political work, The People Opposite is a tour de force of slow-burn tension and existentialist meditation.

Maigret's Patience

Maigret's Patience
Author: Georges Simenon
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 169
Release: 2019-02-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0241304148

'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

Inspector Maigret's Case Files

Inspector Maigret's Case Files
Author: Georges Simenon
Publisher: BBS Publishing Corporation
Total Pages: 576
Release: 1992
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Maigret and the pickpocket -- Maigret and the toy village -- Maigret's rival -- Maigret in Vichy.