Synopses & Reviews
Maigret lit his pipe, and let the match burn all the way down to the quick. A retired Maigret returns to Paris to defend a younger colleague who is being framed for murder. When Maigrets framed colleagued turns up dead, Maigret is forced to return to his vocation to uncover the truth behind the grisly homicides.
Review
“One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . Simenon was unequalled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories.”
—The Guardian
“I love reading Simenon. He makes me think of Chekhov.”
—William Faulkner
“The greatest of all, the most genuine novelist we have had in literature.”
—André Gide
“A supreme writer . . . unforgettable vividness.”
—The Independent
“Superb . . . The most addictive of writers . . . A unique teller of tales.”
—The Observer
“Compelling, remorseless, brilliant.”
—John Gray
“A truly wonderful writer . . . marvellously readable—lucid, simple, absolutely in tune with the workd he creates.”
—Muriel Spark
“A novelist who entered his fictional world as it he were a part of it.”
—Peter Ackroyd
“Extraordinary masterpieces of the twentieth century.”
—John Banville
Synopsis
A new translation of this gripping novel which sees the inspector brought out of his peaceful retirement, book nineteen in the new Penguin Maigret series.
Maigret shrugged his shoulders, buried his hands in his pockets and went off without answering. He had just spent one of the most wretched days in his life. For hours, in his corner he had felt old and feeble, without idea or incentive. But now a tiny flame flickered. 'You bet we'll see' he growled. Maigret's peaceful retirement in the countryside is disrupted when a relative unwittingly embroils himself in a crime he did not commit and the inspector returns to Police Headquarters in Paris once again.
Penguin is publishing the entire series of Maigret novels in new translations. This novel has been published in a previous translation as Maigret Returns.
'Compelling, remorseless, brilliant.' - John Gray
'One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . Simenon was unequalled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories.' - The Guardian
'A supreme writer . . . unforgettable vividness.' - The Independent
Synopsis
'The father of contemporary European detective fiction' Ann Cleeves
Maigret shrugged his shoulders, buried his hands in his pockets and went off without answering. He had just spent one of the most wretched days in his life. For hours, in his corner he had felt old and feeble, without idea or incentive. But now a tiny flame flickered. 'You bet we'll see' he growled.
Maigret's peaceful retirement in the countryside is disrupted when a relative unwittingly embroils himself in a crime he did not commit and the inspector returns to Police Headquarters in Paris once again.
Penguin is publishing the entire series of Maigret novels in new translations. This novel has been published in a previous translation as Maigret Returns.
'Compelling, remorseless, brilliant' John Gray
'One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . Simenon was unequalled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories' Guardian
'A supreme writer . . . unforgettable vividness' Independent
Synopsis
"A writer as comfortable with reality as with fiction, with passion as with reason." --John Le Carr
A gripping novel that sees Inspector Maigret brought out of his peaceful retirement "Maigret shrugged his shoulders, buried his hands in his pockets and went off without answering. He had just spent one of the most wretched days in his life. For hours, in his corner he had felt old and feeble, without idea or incentive. But now a tiny flame flickered. 'You bet we'll see, ' he growled."
Maigret's peaceful retirement in the countryside is disrupted when a relative unwittingly embroils himself in a crime he did not commit and the inspector returns to Police Headquarters in Paris once again.
About the Author
Georges Simenon (19031989) was born in Liège, Belgium. He is best known in the English-speaking world as the author of the Inspector Maigret books. His prolific output of more than four hundred novels and short stories has made him a household name in continental Europe.