A small, thin man, rather dull to look at, neither young nor old, exuding the stale smell of a bachelor who does not look after himself. He pulls his fingers and cracks his knuckles and tells his tale the way a schoolboy recites his lesson.
Exiled from the Police Judiciare in Paris, Maigret bides his time in a remote coastal town of France. There, among the lighthouses, mussel farms and the eerie wail of foghorns, he discovers that a community's loyalties hide unpleasant truths.
The second book in the new Penguin Maigret series: Georges Simenon's devastating tale of misfortune, betrayal and the weakness of family ties, in a new translation by Anthea Bell.
Maigret's past comes to life in this vivid new translation of this evocative novel, set in the Inspector's home town. Book thirteen in the new Penguin Maigret series.
The discovery of a dismembered body in the Canal Saint Martin leads Maigret into a tangled, baffling case involving a taciturn bistro-owner and a mysterious inheritance.
A visit from the tall, thin woman he arrested many years ago - now married to a hapless burglar - leads Maigret on a tortuous investigation in which he struggles with a formidable suspect.
New York, acht Uhr morgens. Alice, eine Polizistin aus Paris, und Gabriel, ein amerikanischer Jazzpianist, wachen auf einer Bank im Central Park auf – mit Handschellen aneinander gefesselt.
Ystad, hösten 1997:En taxichaufför blir brutalt mördad. Förövarna är tva unga flickor som genast grips, men en av dem lyckas rymma och försvinner sparlöst. Nagra dagar senare tar en man en kvällspromenad.
En stjärnklar septembernatt ger sig en stillsam äldre herre ut för att följa flyttfaglarnas avfärd fran Skane. Men han snubblar pa stigen och faller i en infernaliskt gillrad fangstgrop pa sina ägor.
Sommaren 1994 är den varmaste i mannaminne. Men för kriminalkommissarie Kurt Wallander i Ystad bryts sommarstiltjen av att en ung kvinna bränner sig till döds i en rapsaker.