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by Georges Simenon ...

Translated by Howard Curtis ...

Series series Penguin Modern Classics
Sin and green shutters: both entailed lots of unexpected consequences that weren’t easy to see at first glance . . .In the autumn years of his illustrious career, ‘The Great’ Emile Maugin, a celebrated actor, receives devastating news: he does not have long left to live. Hounded by rage, alcoholism and the memories of his fractured childhood in the Vendée marshes, he haunts the stage doors and ... Read more

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Maigret's Patience

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by Georges Simenon ...

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Series series Inspector Maigret
'Compelling, remorseless, brilliant' John GrayMaigret 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 ... Read more

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'Compelling, remorseless, brilliant' John GrayMaigret 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
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Maigret and the Tall Woman

Inspector Maigret

by Georges Simenon ...

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'Compelling, remorseless, brilliant' John Gray'When he had set them to work, Maigret had had a merry, almost fierce glint in his eye. He had set them loose on the house like a pack of hounds on the trail of a scent, encouraging them not with his voice, but by his whole attitude . . . would events have played out in the same manner, if the man from Rue de la Ferme hadn't been a heavyweight like him ... Read more

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'Compelling, remorseless, brilliant' John Gray'When he had set them to work, Maigret had had a merry, almost fierce glint in his eye. He had set them loose on the house like a pack of hounds on the trail of a scent, encouraging them not with his voice, but by his whole attitude . . . would events have played out in the same manner, if the man from Rue de la Ferme hadn't been a heavyweight like him
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Maigret and the Lazy Burglar

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by Georges Simenon ...

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'His artistry is supreme' John Banville'Sullenly, he got dressed. Why, whenever he was woken on a winter night like this, did the coffee have a particular taste? The smell of the apartment was different...his pipe, too, had a different taste.'Set against a high-profile hunt for the latest criminal gang to hit Paris, Maigret is determined to track down the murderer of a quiet crook for whom he ... Read more

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by Georges Simenon ...

Translated by Howard Curtis ...

Series series Inspector Maigret
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The Dancer at the Gai-Moulin

Inspector Maigret

by Georges Simenon ...

Translated by Siân Reynolds ...

Series series Inspector Maigret
The city of Simenon's youth comes to life in this new translation of this disturbing novel set in Liège, book ten in the new Penguin Maigret series.In the darkness, the main room is as vast as a cathedral. A great empty space. Some warmth is still seeps from the radiators. Delfosse strikes a match. They stop a moment to catch their breath, and work out how far they have still to go. And suddenly ... Read more

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by Georges Simenon ...

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by Georges Simenon ...

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Series series Inspector Maigret
'The most addictive of writers' Observer'High up in Montmartre, there was a festive atmosphere, people were crowding round the little tables where rosé wine was being served ... Yet a hundred metres further on, the little alleyways were deserted, and the killer might find it easy to pounce'Detective Chief Inspector Maigret is known for his infallible instinct, for getting at the truth no matter ... Read more

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'The most addictive of writers' Observer'High up in Montmartre, there was a festive atmosphere, people were crowding round the little tables where rosé wine was being served ... Yet a hundred metres further on, the little alleyways were deserted, and the killer might find it easy to pounce'Detective Chief Inspector Maigret is known for his infallible instinct, for getting at the truth no matter
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The Yellow Dog

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by Georges Simenon ...

Translated by Linda Asher ...

Series series Inspector Maigret
The fifth book in the new Penguin Maigret series: Georges Simenon's gripping tale of small town suspicion and revenge, in Linda Asher's timeless translation.**There was an exaggerated humility about her. Her cowed eyes, her way of gliding noiselessly about without bumping into things, of quivering nervously at the slightest word, were the very image of a scullery maid accustomed to hardship. And ... Read more

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Series series Penguin Modern Classics
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by Georges Simenon ...

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by Georges Simenon ...

Translated by Howard Curtis ...

Series series Inspector Maigret
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