I Paris har fem kvinnor fallit offer för en brutal seriemördare. Vad är sambandet mellan de meningslösa överfallen i Montmartres gränder? Polisen har ingen ledtråd, allmänheten är otålig och tidningarna pressar på. Maigret tar hjälp av en framståend…
Maigret påträffar en död man mitt på Place de la Concorde. Samme man som tidigare sökt honom och sagt sig vara förföljd. Vem är mördaren? Vad är motivet? Det enda Maigret har att gå på är att han till varje pris måste få tag på en gul Citroën med Pa…
En 63-årig vagabond hittas i floden Seine i Paris. På sjukhuset upptäcker man att han har fått ett slag mot huvudet. Mannen visar sig vara en förre detta läkare vars fru plötsligt har kommit över ett stort arv och bor numera i en flådig lägenhet vid…
Georges Simenons älskade och vid det här laget klassiska kommissarie Maigret-böcker har varit svåra att få tag på men från och med i höst kommer tre titlar per säsong att ges ut av Atlantis. De första tre, Maigret på semester, Maigret på nattklubb o…
Maigret har precis gått i pension och tillbringar sina dagar på landet i Meung-sur-Loire med att spela belote och tömma ett och annat glas calvados. Han är dock inte svårövertalad när en ung fransk-amerikan, sonen till en välbärgad affärsman, dyker…
Three seasonal stories set in Paris at Christmas, from the celebrated creator of Inspector Maigret. It is Christmas in Paris, but beneath the sparkling lights and glittering decorations lie sinister deeds and dark secrets... This collection brings t…
'The father of contemporary European detective fiction' Ann Cleeves A man picked up for wandering in obvious distress among the cars and buses on the Grands Boulevards. Questioned in French, he remains mute . . . A madman? In Maigret's office, he i…
'The father of contemporary European detective fiction' Ann Cleeves Poor Cécile! And yet she was still young. Maigret had seen her papers: barely twenty-eight years old. But it would be difficult to look more like an old maid, to move less gracefull…
'The father of contemporary European detective fiction' Ann Cleeves 'Just take a look,' Duclos said in an undertone, pointing to the scene all round them, the picture-book town, with everything in its place, like ornaments on the mantlepiece of a c…
'The father of contemporary European detective fiction' Ann Cleeves Cars drove past along with the trucks and trams, but by now Maigret had realised that they were not important. Whatever roared by like this along the road was not part of the landsc…
Atmosfär. Charm. Kultur. Spänning. Så löd reklamen för Maigretböckerna på 1950-talet och de orden håller än. Lulu har hittats död. Vem står för denna före detta prostituerade kvinnas lyxvåning nära Triumfbågen, i Paris flottaste kvarter? Lulu visar…
»En av 1900-talets största författare.« | The Guardian »Jag älskar Simenons romaner. Han får mig att tänka på Tjechov.« | William Faulkner Kees Popingas liv har sett likadant ut så länge han kan minnas. Den vaga, mystiska känsla han får av att se tå…
»En av 1900-talets bästa romaner« | The New Yorker Frank Friedmaier bor på tredje våningen i ett hyreshus i en icke namngiven stad i ett land ockuperat av främmande makt. Frank bor hos sin mamma, som driver en bordell, för vilken han själv är halli…
Georges Simenons älskade och vid det här laget klassiska kommissarie Maigret-böcker har varit svåra att få tag på men från och med i höst kommer tre titlar per säsong att ges ut av Atlantis. De första tre, »Maigret på semester«, »Maigret på nattklub…
'His artistry is supreme' John Banville Maigret wouldn't have admitted that what intrigued him most was the victim's face. All he had seen of it so far was one profile. Was it the bruises that gave her that sullen air? She looked like a bad-tempered…
'His artistry is supreme' John Banville 'Maigret had questioned thousands, tens of thousands of people in the course of his career, some occupying important positions, others who were more famous for their wealth, and others still who were considere…
'The father of contemporary European detective fiction' Ann Cleeves Maigret savoured the sensations of his youth again: the cold, stinging eyes, frozen fingertips, an aftertaste of coffee. Then, stepping inside the church, a blast of heat, soft lig…
A new translation of Simenon's gripping novel about lives transformed by deceit and the destructive power of lust. It was all real: himself, the room, Andrée still lying on the ravaged bed. For Tony and Andrée, there are no rules when they meet in t…
'His artistry is supreme' John Banville 'He was wearing a dark suit, a beige raincoat and on his feet, which were twisted at an odd angle, he wore yellow-brown shoes, which seemed out of keeping with a day as colourless as this. Apart from his shoes…
L?inspecteur Lognon, aussi appelé l?inspecteur Malchanceux par le commissaire Maigret, est gravement blesse une nuit, quand il quitte l?appartement d?une jeune femme, Marinette Augier. Il parait que Lognon était sur une grosse affaire et passait des…
'Compelling, remorseless, brilliant' John Gray 'He opened the door for her and watched her walk away down the huge corridor, then hesitate at the top of the stairs. Heads turned as she passed. You sensed she came from a different world, the world o…
'Compelling, remorseless, brilliant' John Gray When he got to his door, he was surprised not to hear any noise in the kitchen and not to smell any food. He went in, crossed the dining room, where the table had not been laid, and at last saw Madame…
'The father of contemporary European detective fiction' Ann Cleeves 'You see, I mainly work at night. I've ended up getting to know everybody. They're used to me in Pigalle, I exchange a few words with this person or that person. I go into the bars…
'His artistry is supreme' John Banville 'Why all of a sudden did this shock him? He was annoyed with himself for being shocked. He felt as if he had been sucked into the bourgeois, almost edifying, atmosphere that surrounded those epeople, 'good peo…
The poignant story of an outsider falsely accused of murder from the celebrated author of the Maigret series
'Quite simply a masterpiece' John Banville 'I've just found a stranger in my house. In a bed on the second floor. He was dying when I got there. You're going to have to deal with it' Hector Loursat has been a drunken recluse since his wife left him…
'Compelling, remorseless, brilliant' John Gray 'The palm trees around the railway station were motionless, fixed in a Saharan sun . . . It really felt as if they were stepping into another world, and they were embarrassed to be entering it in the d…
'Compelling, remorseless, brilliant' John Gray He went out, lit his pipe and walked slowly to the harbour. He could hear scurrying footsteps behind him. The sea was becoming swollen. The beams of the lighthouses joined in the sky. The moon had just…
'A brilliant portrait of betrayal, hypocrisy, love and loss' Chicago Tribune 'She tried to laugh, but was sobbing at the same time. She attempted to stand up and fell over, but she didn't shatter like the glass' Alone and adrift after losing everyt…
The first novel which appeared in Georges Simenon's famous Maigret series, in a gripping new translation by David Bellos. Not that he looked like a cartoon policeman. He didn't have a moustache and he didn't wear heavy boots. His clothes were well…
'As you are well aware, we never loved each other in your lifetime. Both of us pretended.' Simenon explores the complexity of parent child relationships and the bitterness of things left unsaid in this stark, confessional piece. Penguin Modern: fif…
'The father of contemporary European detective fiction' Ann Cleeves 'Maigret would have found it difficult to formulate an opinion of him. Intelligent, yes, certainly, and highly so, as far as one could tell from what lay beneath some of his uttera…
'The father of contemporary European detective fiction' Ann Cleeves She wasn't an ordinary supplicant. She didn't lower her eyes. There was nothing humble about her bearing. She spoke frankly, looking straight ahead, as if to claim what was rightful…
The second book in the new Penguin Maigret series: Georges Simenon's devastating tale of misfortune, betrayal and the weakness of family ties, in a new translation by Anthea Bell. Instead of the detail filling itself in and becoming clearer, it seem…
