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Christmas in Paris

A Maigret Christmas and Other Stories by Georges Simenon

March 22, 2019 by Chris Leave a Comment

This is the first Maigret that I have read, though it is not the first Simenon that I’ve read. I’ve read this after watching the Rowan Atkinson version of Maigret. And those are great. This book is actually three stories – one of which stars Maigret and his wife, while the other two use characters from the Maigret series. The first story is the title story and is about Maigret solving a mystery on Christmas day when he is at home with his wife. No, […]

You can’t choose your family

Maigret and the Old Lady by Georges Simenon

January 25, 2019 by blauracke Leave a Comment

In a picturesque seaside resort a young maid is poisoned by taking medicine intended for her elderly employer. So it stands to reason that the victim should have been the old lady… or does it? At her and her politician son’s request Inspector Maigret travels to Normandy to investigate the crime and encounters a family whose dynamics are suffused by hatred and greed. Simenon peels back the layers slowly to show us the true faces of his characters, and he contrasts it nicely with the […]

He was a big, bony man. Iron muscles shaped his jacket sleeves and quickly wore through new trousers. He had a way of imposing himself just by standing there.

Pietr the Latvian by Georges Simenon

The Carter of "La Providence" by Georges Simenon

The Late Monsieur Gallet by Georges Simenon

The Hanged Man of Saint-Pholien by Georges Simenon

A Man's Head by Georges Simenon

The Night at the Crossroads by Georges Simenon

A Crime in Holland by Georges Simenon

The Cellars of the Majestic by Georges Simenon

Maigret and the Man on the Bench by Georges Simenon

The Confessional by Georges Simenon

December 31, 2018 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

Some things about Simenon and Maigret before we get started. Georges Simenon was a Belgian/French novelist who is credited with some four hundred or so novels and other books. That’s a lot. Many many of his books are very short (100-150) pages and about 80 of them are mysteries about the French inspector Maigret. But that leaves the most of his books not being about him. He’s also credited as the 6th best selling writer of all time, which to me is insane. The list, […]

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