Georges Simenon wrote hundreds of novels, most of them detective and crime stories, and many featuring his famed Inspector Maigret.
His American publisher, Harcourt/Harvest, is reissuing more than a dozen of these short crime novels with new covers and relatively low prices. They are great reads. Simenon was adept at creating atmosphere and suspense with dialogue and economy of words.
Madame Maigret's Own Case
When two human teeth are found in the furnace of a Flemish bookbinder, police quickly take him into custody. Blood stains are discovered on a suit in the suspect's closet, but he denies ownership. ...
Maigret and the Apparition
Maigret and the Bum (Maigret Mystery Series)
Maigret and the Burglar's Wife
Maigret and the Killer (Maigret Mystery Series)
Maigret and the Madwoman
Maigret and the Man on the Bench (Maigret Mystery Series)
Maigret and the Saturday Caller
Maigret and the Spinster
Maigret at the Gai-Moulin
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