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A new translation of this moving novel about the destructive power of greed. Poor Cécile! And yet she was still young. Maigret had seen her papers: barely 28 years old. But it would be difficult to look more like an old maid, to move less gracefully, in spite of the care she took to be friendly and pleasant. Those black dresses that she must make for herself from bad paper patterns, that ridiculous green hat!

Inspector Maigret is meant to be taking a holiday, but he can't resist following the development of his colleague Janvier's case in the papers - and playing a few tricks on the way. Standing at the window in the middle of the morning, vaguely observing the comings and goings in the street, he had a feeling that reminded him of certain days in his childhood, when his mother was still alive and he was off school because he had the flu or it was the end of term. It was the feeling of finding out what went on when he wasn't there.

Madame Maigret takes the lead in a disturbing investigation in this new translation, book 34 of the Maigret series. Inspector Maigret's wife turns sleuth after a strange encounter in a Paris square leads her on the trail of a woman in a white hat and towards a grisly tale of deception and greed.

Maigret receives an anonymous phone call concerning the brutal murder of a woman and young child. The tip off concerns the woman's nephew, a mild-mannered man by the name of Gaston Meurant. Maigret remains unconvinced of the man's guilt and at his trial exposes some shocking truths about Meurant's private life that may prove his innocence.

At what point in the day could the note have been slipped into his pocket, his left breast pocket? It was an ordinary sheet of glazed squared paper, probably torn out of an exercise book. The words were written in pencil, in a regular handwriting that looked to him like a woman's. For pity's sake, ask to see the patient in room 15. When Inspector Maigret's wife falls ill on their seaside holiday, a visit to the hospital leads him on an unexpected quest to find justice for a young girl.

In book 39 of the new Penguin Maigret, the inspector learns that his hapless colleague Lognon is being menaced by some notorious American mobsters, and he makes it his mission to bring them to justice - despite threatening warnings that he is out of his depth. This story has been published in a previous translation as Inspector Maigret and the Killers.

Maigret's old colleague becomes an unexpected rival in book 24 of the new Penguin Maigret series. In everyone's eyes, even the old ladies hiding behind their quivering curtains, even the kids just now who had turned to stare after they had passed him, he was the intruder, the undesirable. No, worse, he was fundamentally untrustworthy, some stranger who had just turned up from who knew where to do who knew what.

A sparkling new translation of this flashback to the start of Inspector Maigret's career, part of the new Penguin Maigret series. The profession he had always yearned for did not actually exist...he imagined a cross between a doctor and a priest - a man capable of understanding another's destiny at first glance. The very first investigation by eager young police secretary Jules Maigret leads him to a wealthy Paris family's dark secrets.

Maigret dismantles an intricate network of lies stretching from Paris to Nice. Mechanically, he had put his pince-nez down on the blotter and looked at it there with his large, short-sighted eyes. It is at that moment that the strange thing happens. One of the lenses, acting as a mirror, reflected the criss-cross, hatched ink marks which had dried on the blotter, and he could just make out a couple of words.

Maigret sets the record straight and tells the story of his own life, giving a rare glimpse into the mind of the great inspector - and the writer who would immortalise him. 'I can still see Simenon coming into my office the next day, pleased with himself, displaying even more self-confidence, if possible, than before, but nevertheless with a touch of anxiety in his eyes.... He trumpeted these last words as if they were a sensational discovery. Making it seem truer than life, that's the crux of it. Well, I've made you truer than life.'

Ernest Malik had been right when he had looked at Maigret with a smile that was a mixture of sarcasm and contempt. This wasn't a case for him. He was out of his depth. This world was unfamiliar to him, and he had difficulty piecing it all together. Peacefully tending his garden in the countryside, Maigret is called upon to investigate a rich family with skeletons in their cupboard - and finds himself confronted by lies, snobbery and malice.

Maigret grapples with the American justice system on a trip to Arizona in this new translation, novel 32 of the new Penguin Maigret series. The FBI man was convinced, in short, that Maigret was a big shot in his own country but that here, in the United States, he was incapable of figuring out anything.... Well, Maigret happened to believe that men and their passions are the same everywhere.

Inspector Maigret is followed home one evening by a man who reveals his intention to kill his wife and her lover. Maigret intervenes and speaks to the man daily, but when the calls suddenly stop Maigret finds a murder on his hands.

When a tramp is recovered from the Seine after being badly beaten, Maigret must delve into the man's personal circumstances to figure out just who wanted to kill him. This novel has been published in previous translations as Maigret and the Dosser and Maigret and the Bum.

Rovinato! Kees Popinga è completamente rovinato, e a comunicarglielo è il suo stesso principale, poco prima di scomparire. Quale migliore occasione per darsi alla fuga e buttarsi alle spalle quarant'anni di noia e mediocrità. Un treno in partenza dalla stazione lo porterà a smettere i panni di cittadino esemplare e a cambiare vita, fino a trovarsi faccia a faccia con il suo destino.

Ein Serienmörder terrorisiert die kleine Hafenstadt La Rochelle. In fünf verregneten Nächten hat er scheinbar wahllos fünf Frauen ermordet, die Polizei ist ratlos. Nur der schüchterne jüdische Schneider Kachoudas kennt den Täter. Es ist sein Nachbar, der angesehene Hutmacher Léon Labbé. Das hat er zufällig im Café de Colonnes herausgefunden, wo die Herren, die sonst nichts verbindet, beide abendlich verkehren. Doch Kachoudas geht nicht zur Polizei.

Bretagna, una camera d’albergo d'estate, una storia di amour fou che infrange ogni regola e precipita verso il delitto. Considerato uno dei romanzi più avvincenti di Simenon, si apre con un incipit memorabile: una donna giace nuda sul letto sfatto di un albergo, dopo aver fatto l'amore in un pomeriggio d'estate. I due amanti, la sensuale Andrée e il mite emigrante italiano Tony, s'incontrano da undici mesi nella camera azzurra che dà il titolo al romanzo, dove vivono la loro travolgente passione.

Da den lusede og besynderlige eksistens Maurice Dudon bliver ramt af en bil ændrer hans liv sig radikalt. Føreren af bilen betaler hans ophold på en klinik, hvor han kan blive behandlet og restituere. Her møder han Anne-Marie, en charmerende sygeplejerske, som han senere gifter sig med. Sammen med hende står Maurice på tærsklen til et helt nyt liv. Men at flygte fra sin gamle tilværelse viser sig ikke at være problemfrit og snart bliver han indhentet af gammel skyldfølelse. Georges Simenon (1903 - 1989), belgisk forfatter.

Als Dr. Hans Kuperus einen anonymen Brief erhält, aus dem hervorgeht, dass seine Frau Alice ein Verhältnis mit dem Lebemann Graf de Schutter hat, steht er unter Schock. Ein Jahr lang braucht der aus der Routine seines Alltags gerissene Arzt, um einen Entschluss zu fassen. Doch dann geht alles ganz schnell und der brave Dr. Kuperus wird zum Mörder. Kein Verdacht scheint auf ihn zu fallen, bis die Dinge plötzlich aus dem Ruder laufen.

Am Abend vor Allerheiligen kommt ein junger Mann nach La Rochelle. Gilles Mauvoisin weiß noch nicht, was ihn in der Heimatstadt seiner Eltern erwarten wird. Bald bekommt er eine überraschende Nachricht: Er, der mittellose Vollwaise, ist als Alleinerbe des großen Vermögens seines Onkels eingesetzt, den alle im Ort hassten.