Description:This new selection of stories featuring Inspector Maigret - three of
which are published in English for the first time - takes the detective
from a mysterious death in a Cannes hotel to a love triangle in the
Loire countryside and a bitter rivalry within a Parisian family.
Written
during the Second World War, just a few years after Simenon had
published what was intended to be his last novel featuring Inspector
Maigret, these tales of human frailty and deceit distil the atmosphere,
themes and psychological intensity that make Simenon's famous detective
series so compelling.
Translated by Ros Schwartz
'Not
just the world's bestselling detective series, but an imperishable
literary legend . . . he exposes secrets and crimes not by forensic
wizardry, but by the melded powers of therapist, philosopher and
confessor' Boyd Tonkin, Times