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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.
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Maigret at Picratt's (Inspector Maigret)

by Georges Simenon ...

Translated by William Hobson ...

Series Book 36 - Inspector Maigret
When a striptease dancer is brutally murdered, Inspector Maigret must haunt Montmartre’s sleazy nightlife to find the killer.At the tiny basement club Picratt’s, the striptease dancer Arlette is the star act. When she is brutally murdered, Maigret must join Arlette’s twilight world to find her killer. A frustratingly elusive villain with more victims in his sights, the killer soon assumes ... Read more

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When a striptease dancer is brutally murdered, Inspector Maigret must haunt Montmartre’s sleazy nightlife to find the killer.At the tiny basement club Picratt’s, the striptease dancer Arlette is the star act. When she is brutally murdered, Maigret must join Arlette’s twilight world to find her killer. A frustratingly elusive villain with more victims in his sights, the killer soon assumes
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Maigret Takes a Room (Inspector Maigret)

by Georges Simenon ...

Translated by Shaun Whiteside ...

Series Book 37 - Inspector Maigret
After a shooting outside a boarding house, Maigret moves in and watches the locals. Everyone seems desperately ordinary—so who is concealing a dangerous secret?While staking out a boarding house on a quiet street, Maigret’s colleague Janvier is shot by a mysterious assailant. Keen to gather evidence, Maigret takes the unusual step of moving into the house. It’s surprisingly comfortable and the ... Read more

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After a shooting outside a boarding house, Maigret moves in and watches the locals. Everyone seems desperately ordinary—so who is concealing a dangerous secret?While staking out a boarding house on a quiet street, Maigret’s colleague Janvier is shot by a mysterious assailant. Keen to gather evidence, Maigret takes the unusual step of moving into the house. It’s surprisingly comfortable and the
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The Pitards (Romans Durs)

by Georges Simenon ...

Translated by David Bellos ...

Series series Romans Durs
Aboard a cargo ship on a hazardous voyage, ominous prophecies cause troubling misapprehensions, disputes, paranoia, and ultimately tragedy.Émile Lannec thinks it’s madness for his wife, Mathilde, to join him on the maiden voyage of his freighter, the Tonnerre-de-Dieu. She had insisted on coming, probably at the behest of her mother, Madame Pitard, who cosigned the loan to buy the ship. Predictably ... Read more

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Aboard a cargo ship on a hazardous voyage, ominous prophecies cause troubling misapprehensions, disputes, paranoia, and ultimately tragedy.Émile Lannec thinks it’s madness for his wife, Mathilde, to join him on the maiden voyage of his freighter, the Tonnerre-de-Dieu. She had insisted on coming, probably at the behest of her mother, Madame Pitard, who cosigned the loan to buy the ship. Predictably
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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
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The Blue Room (Romans Durs)

by Georges Simenon ...

Translated by Linda Coverdale ...

Series series Romans Durs
“The Blue Room is a wondrous achievement, brief, inexorable, pared to, and agonizingly close to, the bone, and utterly compelling; in short, a true and luminous work of art.” —John BanvilleHe felt no resentment toward Andrée for biting his lip. In the context of their lovemaking, it had its place.For Tony and Andrée, there are no rules when they meet in the blue room at the Hôtel des Voyageurs. ... Read more

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“The Blue Room is a wondrous achievement, brief, inexorable, pared to, and agonizingly close to, the bone, and utterly compelling; in short, a true and luminous work of art.” —John BanvilleHe felt no resentment toward Andrée for biting his lip. In the context of their lovemaking, it had its place.For Tony and Andrée, there are no rules when they meet in the blue room at the Hôtel des Voyageurs.
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The Man from London (Romans Durs)

by Georges Simenon ...

Translated by Howard Curtis ...

Series series Romans Durs
A train signalman, who literally watches the world through glass, is jolted from passivity in this riveting tragedy of male alienation.From his elevated glass cabin at the ferry terminal, train signalman Louis Maloin can survey the whole of Dieppe. For thirty years of working the night shift, he hasn’t varied his routine. He smokes his pipe, drinks his coffee and brandy, and watches people. Then, ... Read more

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A train signalman, who literally watches the world through glass, is jolted from passivity in this riveting tragedy of male alienation.From his elevated glass cabin at the ferry terminal, train signalman Louis Maloin can survey the whole of Dieppe. For thirty years of working the night shift, he hasn’t varied his routine. He smokes his pipe, drinks his coffee and brandy, and watches people. Then,
... Read more
The Krull House (Romans Durs)

by Georges Simenon ...

Translated by Howard Curtis ...

Series series Romans Durs
A malicious interloper in a quiet family is the catalyst to tragedy, in this unnervingly prophetic tale of small-town groupthink in 1930s Europe.Twenty-five-year-old Hans Krull, from Germany, is finally visiting the French Krulls: Uncle Cornelius, Aunt Maria, and cousins Anna, Joseph, and Liesbeth. It would be best, they tell Hans, if he concealed his nationality: it’s the 1930s and the family, ... Read more

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A malicious interloper in a quiet family is the catalyst to tragedy, in this unnervingly prophetic tale of small-town groupthink in 1930s Europe.Twenty-five-year-old Hans Krull, from Germany, is finally visiting the French Krulls: Uncle Cornelius, Aunt Maria, and cousins Anna, Joseph, and Liesbeth. It would be best, they tell Hans, if he concealed his nationality: it’s the 1930s and the family,
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The New Investigations of Inspector Maigret (Inspector Maigret)

by Georges Simenon ...

Translated by Ros Schwartz, Howard Curtis ...

Series series Inspector Maigret
Seventeen gripping short stories in which Simenon’s celebrated detective Maigret uncovers the darkness beneath ordinary lives.A hanged couple is found on a barge. A straightforward case of poisoning proves more complex than it seems. A young woman writes to Maigret fearing for her life. Time and again, the people of Paris find themselves in complex, deceitful, and terrifying scenarios—and only ... Read more

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Seventeen gripping short stories in which Simenon’s celebrated detective Maigret uncovers the darkness beneath ordinary lives.A hanged couple is found on a barge. A straightforward case of poisoning proves more complex than it seems. A young woman writes to Maigret fearing for her life. Time and again, the people of Paris find themselves in complex, deceitful, and terrifying scenarios—and only
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Betty (Romans Durs)

by Georges Simenon ...

Translated by Ros Schwartz ...

Series series Romans Durs
Cut off from her bourgeois family, a young woman drifts through Paris in disgrace, succumbing to the lure of alcohol and a mysterious benefactress.Expelled from her family home in the provinces after a scandalous affair, Betty arrives in Paris with empty pockets, no plan, and a powerful thirst for drink. In a seedy bar on the Champs-Élysées, she meets Laure, an older woman clinging to scraps of ... Read more

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Cut off from her bourgeois family, a young woman drifts through Paris in disgrace, succumbing to the lure of alcohol and a mysterious benefactress.Expelled from her family home in the provinces after a scandalous affair, Betty arrives in Paris with empty pockets, no plan, and a powerful thirst for drink. In a seedy bar on the Champs-Élysées, she meets Laure, an older woman clinging to scraps of
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The People Opposite (Romans Durs)

by Georges Simenon ...

Translated by Siân Reynolds ...

Series series Romans Durs
A foreign consul confronts fear, surveillance, and moral paralysis in Soviet-era Batumi.From the moment he arrives in the remote Soviet port town of Batumi, the Turkish consul Adil Bey finds himself plunged into an atmosphere of isolation and intimidation. The old rules of diplomacy seem to mean nothing. His fellow consuls are dismissive, even hostile, while Soviet officials merely smile and delay ... Read more

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A foreign consul confronts fear, surveillance, and moral paralysis in Soviet-era Batumi.From the moment he arrives in the remote Soviet port town of Batumi, the Turkish consul Adil Bey finds himself plunged into an atmosphere of isolation and intimidation. The old rules of diplomacy seem to mean nothing. His fellow consuls are dismissive, even hostile, while Soviet officials merely smile and delay
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The Widow Couderc (Romans Durs)

by Georges Simenon ...

Translated by Siân Reynolds ...

Series series Romans Durs
A man and a woman are drawn together in this dark, existentialist masterpiece by Georges Simenon.Two strangers meet on a bus along a dusty road in rural France. Tati is a tough, work-worn widow, who runs the farm her late husband left behind, while trying to keep out of the way of her predatory in-laws. Jean is an odd, quiet man, recently out of prison, and in search of a new life. These lost ... Read more

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A man and a woman are drawn together in this dark, existentialist masterpiece by Georges Simenon.Two strangers meet on a bus along a dusty road in rural France. Tati is a tough, work-worn widow, who runs the farm her late husband left behind, while trying to keep out of the way of her predatory in-laws. Jean is an odd, quiet man, recently out of prison, and in search of a new life. These lost
... Read more