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The Snow Was Dirty (Romans Durs)

by Georges Simenon ...

Translated by Howard Curtis ...

Series series Romans Durs
“Simenon has concentrated noir into a darkness as solid and heavy as the interior of a dwarf star.” —William T. VollmannWhat happens to everyday morality in a time of political deceit and betrayal? In an unnamed city under military occupation, nineteen-year-old Frank—a low-level thug and thief—should be content enough with his warm home and full stomach, even against the dreariness of an endless ... Read more

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“Simenon has concentrated noir into a darkness as solid and heavy as the interior of a dwarf star.” —William T. VollmannWhat happens to everyday morality in a time of political deceit and betrayal? In an unnamed city under military occupation, nineteen-year-old Frank—a low-level thug and thief—should be content enough with his warm home and full stomach, even against the dreariness of an endless
... Read more
The Strangers in the House (Romans Durs)

by Georges Simenon ...

Translated by Howard Curtis ...

Series series Romans Durs
“A writer who, more than any other crime novelist, combined a high literary reputation with popular appeal.” —P. D. JamesCaught in a spiral of bitter seclusion and drinking since his wife abandoned him and their newborn child eighteen years ago, Hector Loursat, once a respected lawyer, now holes up, unwashed and drunk on Burgundy, in his once grand but increasingly decrepit mansion. He barely ... Read more

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“A writer who, more than any other crime novelist, combined a high literary reputation with popular appeal.” —P. D. JamesCaught in a spiral of bitter seclusion and drinking since his wife abandoned him and their newborn child eighteen years ago, Hector Loursat, once a respected lawyer, now holes up, unwashed and drunk on Burgundy, in his once grand but increasingly decrepit mansion. He barely
... Read more
The Little Man from Archangel (Romans Durs)

by Georges Simenon ...

Translated by Siân Reynolds ...

Series series Romans Durs
In this minor-key masterpiece, a gentle bookseller seeks only obscurity until, buffeted by fate and misunderstood by his supposed friends, he makes a shocking decision.Diffident, bespectacled Jonas Milk, a bookseller and stamp collector, has always lived unobtrusively. His Russian Jewish family of origin was deracinated, or worse, during the world wars. But Jonas found peace, and a kind of ... Read more

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In this minor-key masterpiece, a gentle bookseller seeks only obscurity until, buffeted by fate and misunderstood by his supposed friends, he makes a shocking decision.Diffident, bespectacled Jonas Milk, a bookseller and stamp collector, has always lived unobtrusively. His Russian Jewish family of origin was deracinated, or worse, during the world wars. But Jonas found peace, and a kind of
... Read more
Pietr the Latvian (Inspector Maigret)

by Georges Simenon ...

Translated by David Bellos ...

Series Book 1 - Inspector Maigret
In this first installment in Georges Simenon’s legendary Inspector Maigret series, M. Maigret hunts down an elusive and notorious confidence man, but finds that identifying him is a game of doubles, intrigue, and hidden crimes.When Detective Chief Inspector Maigret receives notice from Interpol that Pietr the Latvian, an infamous con man, is on his way to Paris, he rushes to intercept him at the ... Read more

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In this first installment in Georges Simenon’s legendary Inspector Maigret series, M. Maigret hunts down an elusive and notorious confidence man, but finds that identifying him is a game of doubles, intrigue, and hidden crimes.When Detective Chief Inspector Maigret receives notice from Interpol that Pietr the Latvian, an infamous con man, is on his way to Paris, he rushes to intercept him at the
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Maigret and the Tall Woman (Inspector Maigret)

by Georges Simenon ...

Translated by David Watson ...

Series Book 38 - Inspector Maigret
In the lull of late summer, Maigret is told of a woman’s murder—but with no corpse, no missing person, and a dubious source for the tip-off, is there even a case to solve?During Maigret’s memorable first encounter with “La Grande Perche”—the beanpole—she’d stripped naked as he tried to arrest her. Many years later, at the tail end of a muggy summer, she brings him a tip-off about a dead body. ... Read more

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In the lull of late summer, Maigret is told of a woman’s murder—but with no corpse, no missing person, and a dubious source for the tip-off, is there even a case to solve?During Maigret’s memorable first encounter with “La Grande Perche”—the beanpole—she’d stripped naked as he tried to arrest her. Many years later, at the tail end of a muggy summer, she brings him a tip-off about a dead body.
... Read more
Maigret and the Man on the Bench (Inspector Maigret)

by Georges Simenon ...

Translated by David Watson ...

Series Book 41 - Inspector Maigret
The vicious stabbing of a dull and respectable man makes for a knotty investigation when his audacious secret life comes to light.A middle-aged man is knifed in an alleyway, where he dies instantly. In this working-class area of Saint-Martin, random stabbings don’t typically interest Maigret. But Louis Thouret, in his raincoat and dark suit, is conspicuously ordinary, not a drunk or a gang member. ... Read more

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The vicious stabbing of a dull and respectable man makes for a knotty investigation when his audacious secret life comes to light.A middle-aged man is knifed in an alleyway, where he dies instantly. In this working-class area of Saint-Martin, random stabbings don’t typically interest Maigret. But Louis Thouret, in his raincoat and dark suit, is conspicuously ordinary, not a drunk or a gang member.
... Read more
The Judge's House (Inspector Maigret)

by Georges Simenon ...

Translated by Howard Curtis ...

Series Book 22 - Inspector Maigret
“The most extraordinary fictive shaper in our time.” —George SteinerExiled to a sleepy town in western France, Maigret is relieved when he has to handle a challenging case. There’s been a murder in a mussel farming village and its most respected resident, the former judge Monsieur Forlacroix, has tried to dispose of the body in the river. But why will no one admit to knowing the dead man? And what ... Read more

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“The most extraordinary fictive shaper in our time.” —George SteinerExiled to a sleepy town in western France, Maigret is relieved when he has to handle a challenging case. There’s been a murder in a mussel farming village and its most respected resident, the former judge Monsieur Forlacroix, has tried to dispose of the body in the river. But why will no one admit to knowing the dead man? And what
... Read more
Signed, Picpus (Inspector Maigret)

by Georges Simenon ...

Translated by David Coward ...

Series Book 23 - Inspector Maigret
“I want to know what goes on in people’s minds. I suppose that’s why I love Georges Simenon so much. He was such a master of the small domestic situation.” —Ruth RendellTomorrow, at five in the afternoon, I will kill the clairvoyant. Signed,Picpus.This chilling message is seen scratched into a café blotting pad, prompting Maigret to place eighty fortune tellers under police watch. If it’s a hoax, ... Read more

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“I want to know what goes on in people’s minds. I suppose that’s why I love Georges Simenon so much. He was such a master of the small domestic situation.” —Ruth RendellTomorrow, at five in the afternoon, I will kill the clairvoyant. Signed,Picpus.This chilling message is seen scratched into a café blotting pad, prompting Maigret to place eighty fortune tellers under police watch. If it’s a hoax,
... Read more
The Night at the Crossroads (Inspector Maigret)

by Georges Simenon ...

Translated by Linda Coverdale ...

Series Book 6 - Inspector Maigret
Another riveting tale from Georges Simenon, in which two siblings, living in isolation, are suspects in a tale of deception, theft, and murder.It’s been seventeen hours of interrogation, yet Carl Andersen’s air of elegance remains unruffled. Inspector Maigret is bewildered by the behavior exhibited by the only probable suspect of the case at Three Widows Crossroads, the location of Carl’s isolated ... Read more

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Another riveting tale from Georges Simenon, in which two siblings, living in isolation, are suspects in a tale of deception, theft, and murder.It’s been seventeen hours of interrogation, yet Carl Andersen’s air of elegance remains unruffled. Inspector Maigret is bewildered by the behavior exhibited by the only probable suspect of the case at Three Widows Crossroads, the location of Carl’s isolated
... Read more
Maigret's First Case (Inspector Maigret)

by Georges Simenon ...

Translated by Ros Schwartz ...

Series Book 30 - Inspector Maigret
The story of how it all began: an investigation into a dynastic family pulls a young Maigret away from his desk and into a web of fame, money, and corruption.At age twenty-six, Maigret is a secretary at the Saint-Georges district police station: a lowly, mostly deskbound job. Late one night, a young musician comes in. He had been walking home, he says, when he saw a woman at the window of a ... Read more

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The story of how it all began: an investigation into a dynastic family pulls a young Maigret away from his desk and into a web of fame, money, and corruption.At age twenty-six, Maigret is a secretary at the Saint-Georges district police station: a lowly, mostly deskbound job. Late one night, a young musician comes in. He had been walking home, he says, when he saw a woman at the window of a
... Read more
The Crime of My Life

Mystery Writers of America Presents: Classics, #8

by Helen McCloy, Richard Martin Stern, John D. MacDonald, Edward D. Hoch, Lawrence Treat, Harold Q. Masur, Robert Bloch, Stanley Ellin, Hillary Waugh, Lillian de la Torre, Brian Garfield, Georges Simenon, Dorothy Salisbury Davis ...

Series Book 8 - Mystery Writers of America Presents: Classics
A VERY SPECIAL MYSTERY ANTHOLOGY FEATURING THE BEST BY THE BEST…In 1984, Mystery Writers of America brought together a roster of authors that has rarely been equaled before or since. Every living MWA President (including several who were also Grand Masters) was asked to select one of their own published stories and write a brief introduction as to why it was their favorite one. The resulting ... Read more

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A VERY SPECIAL MYSTERY ANTHOLOGY FEATURING THE BEST BY THE BEST…In 1984, Mystery Writers of America brought together a roster of authors that has rarely been equaled before or since. Every living MWA President (including several who were also Grand Masters) was asked to select one of their own published stories and write a brief introduction as to why it was their favorite one. The resulting
... Read more
Maigret's Failure (Inspector Maigret)

by Georges Simenon ...

Translated by William Hobson ...

Series Book 49 - Inspector Maigret
A reluctant investigation into the murder of a hated man forces Inspector Jules Maigret to confront his own indifference, as justice slips quietly out of reach.Summoned by a man he despises, Maigret reluctantly agrees to protect Ferdinand Fumal, a former schoolyard bully turned ruthless businessman whose fortune has been built on the ruin of others. Now wealthy, feared, and politically connected, ... Read more

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A reluctant investigation into the murder of a hated man forces Inspector Jules Maigret to confront his own indifference, as justice slips quietly out of reach.Summoned by a man he despises, Maigret reluctantly agrees to protect Ferdinand Fumal, a former schoolyard bully turned ruthless businessman whose fortune has been built on the ruin of others. Now wealthy, feared, and politically connected,
... Read more