Synopses & Reviews
Mystery legend Georges Simenon comes to Penguin with classic works in celebration of the iconic Inspector Maigrets 75th anniversary One of the worlds most successful crime writers, Georges Simenon has thrilled mystery lovers around the world since 1931 with his matchless creation Inspector Maigret. Seventy-five years later, the incomparable Maigret mysteries make their Penguin debut with three of his most compelling cases.
Set in the oppressively squalid streets of Paris, A Mans Head features Simenons famed detective as he tracks a killer on the run, while the writers sharp prose evokes the atmosphere of Parisian luxury hotels, seedy bars, and dark alleys.
Review
Maigret ranks with Holmes and Poirot in the pantheon of fictional detective immortals. (People) [Simenon was] a writer who, more than any other crime novelist, combined a high literary reputation with popular appeal. (P. D. James)
Synopsis
Inspector Maigret makes his way from Paris's luxury hotels through the seedy and squalid streets and alleys of Paris as he tracks a killer on the run. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.
Synopsis
Set in the oppressively squalid streets of Paris, A Man's Head features Simenon's famed detective as he tracks a killer on the run, while the writer's sharp prose evokes the atmosphere of Parisian luxury hotels, seedy bars, and dark alleys.
About the Author
Georges Simenon (1903-1989) began work as a reporter for a local newspaper at the age of sixteen, and at nineteen he moved to Paris to embark on a career as a novelist. He went on to write seventy-five Maigret novels and twenty-eight Maigret short stories.