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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 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, dying 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. Asking ... 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, dying 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. Asking
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Mr. Hire's Engagement (Romans Durs)

by Georges Simenon ...

Translated by Anna Moschovakis ...

Series series Romans Durs
“I always have a Simenon close at hand. In my youth I adored his Maigret books; nowadays I prefer his ‘hard novels,’ as he called them, in which his mastery of human psychology is laid plain.” —Julian BarnesGeorges Simenon’s chilling portrayal of tragic love, persecution, and betrayal.One sensed in him neither flesh nor bone, nothing but soft, flaccid matter, so soft and so flaccid that his ... Read more

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“I always have a Simenon close at hand. In my youth I adored his Maigret books; nowadays I prefer his ‘hard novels,’ as he called them, in which his mastery of human psychology is laid plain.” —Julian BarnesGeorges Simenon’s chilling portrayal of tragic love, persecution, and betrayal.One sensed in him neither flesh nor bone, nothing but soft, flaccid matter, so soft and so flaccid that his
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The Hatter's Ghosts (Romans Durs)

by Georges Simenon ...

Translated by Howard Curtis ...

Series series Romans Durs
“Dark, disturbing . . . Simenon discovered something fundamental about the soul.” —The GuardianA string of murders has the small French town of La Rochelle in its grip. The victims, all elderly women, have been found strangled with cello string—in cafés, over card games, near the canal. As the winter rain gives cover to the killer stalking the streets with impunity, we watch as he deliberates over ... Read more

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“Dark, disturbing . . . Simenon discovered something fundamental about the soul.” —The GuardianA string of murders has the small French town of La Rochelle in its grip. The victims, all elderly women, have been found strangled with cello string—in cafés, over card games, near the canal. As the winter rain gives cover to the killer stalking the streets with impunity, we watch as he deliberates over
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Maigret's Revolver (Inspector Maigret)

by Georges Simenon ...

Translated by Siân Reynolds ...

Series Book 40 - Inspector Maigret
A firearm filched from his own apartment, a politician’s corpse, and an ostentatious woman of mysterious means—in Maigret’s latest case, he must connect the dots before tragedy strikes twice.When Maigret’s revolver is stolen from his apartment, under the nose of Madame Maigret, he knows he must act fast. The Smith & Wesson .45, a gift from the FBI, has a very sensitive trigger. And anyone who ... Read more

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A firearm filched from his own apartment, a politician’s corpse, and an ostentatious woman of mysterious means—in Maigret’s latest case, he must connect the dots before tragedy strikes twice.When Maigret’s revolver is stolen from his apartment, under the nose of Madame Maigret, he knows he must act fast. The Smith & Wesson .45, a gift from the FBI, has a very sensitive trigger. And anyone who
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Maigret, Lognon, and the Gangsters (Inspector Maigret)

by Georges Simenon ...

Translated by William Hobson ...

Series Book 39 - Inspector Maigret
An unidentified body, ruthless gangsters on the rampage, and Maigret’s authority sabotaged—in this breakneck thriller, the inspector would rather risk his life than lose face.When a group of American gangsters carry out a brazen hit on Parisian soil, Maigret finds himself in dangerous territory. He’s accustomed to the ways of homegrown criminals. But these US mobsters, who act with staggering ... Read more

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An unidentified body, ruthless gangsters on the rampage, and Maigret’s authority sabotaged—in this breakneck thriller, the inspector would rather risk his life than lose face.When a group of American gangsters carry out a brazen hit on Parisian soil, Maigret finds himself in dangerous territory. He’s accustomed to the ways of homegrown criminals. But these US mobsters, who act with staggering
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The Blue Room (Romans Durs)

by Georges Simenon ...

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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 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
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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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Translated by Howard Curtis ...

Series series Romans Durs
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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
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The Man from London (Romans Durs)

by Georges Simenon ...

Translated by Howard Curtis ...

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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

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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,
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The World of Bond and Maigret

by Georges Simenon, Ian Fleming ...

Series series ERIS gems
“I invent the most hopeless sounding plots; very often they are based on something I’ve read in a newspaper. And people say, ‘Oh, this is all nonsense’—and then the Russians come along in Germany and shoot people with potassium cyanide pistols.”Between them, Ian Fleming and Georges Simenon created two of the best-known heroes of modern fiction. In this illuminating dialogue, the authors who gave ... Read more

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“I invent the most hopeless sounding plots; very often they are based on something I’ve read in a newspaper. And people say, ‘Oh, this is all nonsense’—and then the Russians come along in Germany and shoot people with potassium cyanide pistols.”Between them, Ian Fleming and Georges Simenon created two of the best-known heroes of modern fiction. In this illuminating dialogue, the authors who gave
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