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Georges Simenon (1903–1989)

Author of Pietr the Latvian

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About the Author

The prolific Belgian-born writer Georges Simenon produced hundreds of fictional works under his own name and 17 pseudonyms, in addition to more than 70 books about Inspector Maigret, long "the favorite sleuth of highbrow detective-story readers" (SR). More than 50 "Simenons" have been made into show more films. In addition to his mystery stories, he wrote what he called "hard" books, the serious psychological novels numbering well over 100. The autobiographical Pedigree, set in his native town of Liege, is perhaps his finest work. The publication of Simenon's intimate memoirs also attracted considerable attention. Simenon himself once said that he would never write a "great novel." Yet Gide called him "a great novelist, perhaps the greatest and truest novelist we have in French literature today," and Thornton Wilder (see Vol. 1) found that Simenon's narrative gift extends "to the tips of his fingers." The following are some of Simenon's novels, exclusive of the Maigret detective stories, that are in print. (Bowker Author Biography) Georges Simenon was born on February 13, 1903 in Liege, Belgium. He wrote more than 200 fiction works under 16 different pseudonyms. His first book, The Case of Peter the Lent led to 80 more of the like including the main character, Inspector Maigret. He published over 400 books that were translated into 50 different languages and sold by the millions. He also wrote psychological novels, including The Man Who Watched the Train Go By. He died on September 4, 1989 in Lausanne. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Series

Works by Georges Simenon

Pietr the Latvian (1929) 1,171 copies
The Yellow Dog (1931) 1,051 copies
Dirty Snow (1948) 951 copies
The Crime at Lock 14 (1930) 737 copies
The Saint-Fiacre Affair (1932) — Author — 705 copies
The Late Monsieur Gallet (1931) 641 copies
A Man's Head (1931) 626 copies
The Bar on the Seine (1932) 599 copies
My Friend Maigret (1949) 574 copies
Madame Maigret's Friend (1950) 570 copies
Night at the Crossroads (1931) 566 copies
Three Beds in Manhattan (1946) 553 copies
Maigret Sets a Trap (1955) 547 copies
A Crime in Holland (1931) 546 copies
Maigret and the Bum (1962) 491 copies
Maigret's First Case (1930) 485 copies
Maigret and the Ghost (1963) 476 copies
The Dancer at the Gai-Moulin (1931) 467 copies
The Shadow Puppet (1932) 466 copies
The Misty Harbour (1932) 464 copies
The Blue Room (1964) 462 copies
Maigret in Montmartre (1950) 452 copies
The Madman of Bergerac (1932) 442 copies
The Grand Banks Café (1931) 441 copies
Maigret and The Killer (1970) 439 copies
The Engagement (1933) 438 copies
Maigret and the Madwoman (1970) 430 copies
LA Colere De Maigret (1963) 428 copies
The Strangers in the House (1951) 419 copies
Maigret and the Old Lady (1950) 409 copies
Cécile is Dead (1942) 401 copies
Maigret in New York (1946) 398 copies
Maigret and the Minister (1954) 396 copies
Maigret's Revolver (1952) 394 copies
Red Lights (1953) 391 copies
Maigret's Memoirs (1950) 389 copies
Liberty Bar (1940) 388 copies
Maigret on Holiday (1948) 387 copies
Maigret in Vichy (1968) 386 copies
Act of Passion (1947) 386 copies
Maigret's Dead Man (1948) 385 copies
The Flemish House (1932) 380 copies
Maigret's Boyhood Friend (1968) 377 copies
Maigret in Court (1961) 375 copies
Maigret Goes to School (1956) 374 copies
Maigret and the Black Sheep (1962) 372 copies
Maigret and the Lazy Burglar (1961) 368 copies
The Train (1961) 368 copies
Maigret Hesitates (1968) 367 copies
Maigret's Mistake (1953) 361 copies
Maigret Afraid (1953) 354 copies
Maigret's Rival (1941) 354 copies
Maigret Takes a Room (1951) 352 copies
Signed, Picpus (1944) 351 copies
The Judge's House (1940) 351 copies
Maigret and the Dead Girl (1954) 348 copies
The Widow (1965) 348 copies
Maigret (1933) 345 copies
The Patience of Maigret (1966) 344 copies
Félicie (1944) 340 copies
Maigret's Christmas (1951) 337 copies
Monsieur Monde Vanishes (1945) 336 copies
Maigret's Little Joke (1957) 334 copies
Maigret Has Scruples (1957) 328 copies
Maigret and the Coroner (1949) 318 copies
Maigret and the Nahour Case (1966) 302 copies
Maigret In Society (1960) 300 copies
Maigret Travels (1957) 296 copies
Tropic Moon (1933) 296 copies
Maigret's Pickpocket (1966) 288 copies
Maigret on the Defensive (1964) 284 copies
Maigret's Failure (1956) 278 copies
The Lock at Charenton (1933) 275 copies
Maigret and the Loner (1971) 268 copies
Maigret and the Informer (1971) 256 copies
The Hatter's Ghosts (1947) 254 copies
Maigret and Monsieur Charles (1972) 244 copies
Pedigree (1948) 233 copies
The Patient (1963) 228 copies
The Cat (1967) 226 copies
Maigret Has Doubts (1959) 219 copies
The Premier (1957) 211 copies
The Window Over the Way (1933) 178 copies
Newhaven-Dieppe (1934) 175 copies
The Burgomaster of Furnes (1939) 171 copies
In Case of Emergency (1956) 170 copies
The Watchmaker of Everton (1959) 169 copies
The Murderer (1937) 163 copies
Betty (2013) 158 copies
The Trial of Bébé Donge (1945) 157 copies
The Little Saint (1964) 154 copies
Maigret Gets Angry (1947) 152 copies
The Brothers Rico (1954) 150 copies
The Mahé Circle (1946) 145 copies
Letter to my Mother (1974) 140 copies
The Shadow Falls (1937) 132 copies
Intimate Memoirs (1981) 130 copies
The House by the Canal (1933) 130 copies
Belle (1952) 129 copies
The Venice Train (1965) 128 copies
Maigret's Pipe [Short story] (1947) 123 copies
The Pitards (1935) 120 copies
Striptease (1958) 118 copies
Sunday (1958) 115 copies
The Breton Sisters (1936) 112 copies
Magnet of Doom (1945) 109 copies
Strange Inheritance (1942) 103 copies
The Girl with a Squint (1951) 102 copies
The Iron Staircase (1953) 101 copies
Across the Street (1945) 100 copies
When I Was Old (1970) 95 copies
The Accomplices (1955) 95 copies
Chez Krull (1966) 93 copies
The Long Exile (1936) 91 copies
Poisoned Relations (1958) 90 copies
Inquest on Bouvet (1952) 90 copies
Black Rain (1947) 85 copies
The Heart of a Man (1951) 84 copies
Touriste de bananes (1938) 81 copies
The Widower (1965) 80 copies
Justice (1967) 80 copies
The Man with the Little Dog (1966) 78 copies
The Door (1968) 77 copies
Teddy Bear (1960) 73 copies
The Mouse (1938) 72 copies
The Bottom of the Bottle (1948) 72 copies
Maigret Travels South (1940) 72 copies
Il passeggero del Polarlys (1932) 70 copies
The Lodger (1934) 70 copies
La Marie du port (1938) 70 copies
Blind Alley (1938) 67 copies
The Glass Cage (1971) 66 copies
The Fate of the Malous (1947) 66 copies
Maigret Has Doubts (1968) 65 copies
November (1970) 64 copies
The Suspect (1938) 64 copies
The Disappearance of Odile (1971) 64 copies
The Night-Club (1960) 64 copies
Aunt Jeanne (1950) 64 copies
Account Unsettled (1958) 64 copies
Ceux de la soif (1938) 64 copies
The Rules of the Game (1955) 60 copies
The Old Man Dies (1967) 57 copies
The Girl in His Past (1951) 57 copies
Tout Simenon, tome 1 (1988) 53 copies
The Little Doctor (1943) 53 copies
Three Crimes (1979) 52 copies
The Magician (1953) 51 copies
A New Lease of Life (1951) 51 copies
Big Bob (1963) 50 copies
Le relais d'Alsace (1931) 50 copies
45 degrés à l'ombre (1967) 49 copies
Faubourg (1937) 49 copies
The First Simenon Omnibus (1970) 49 copies
The Negro (1900) 49 copies
Five times Maigret (1958) 49 copies
Quartier nègre (1976) 48 copies
Four Days in a Lifetime (1953) 48 copies
The Others (1600) 48 copies
La jument perdue (1964) 47 copies
Le coup de vague (1969) 47 copies
The Witnesses (1965) 47 copies
The Prison (1968) 46 copies
Les clients d'Avrenos (1966) 46 copies
The Woman of the Grey House (1933) 45 copies
Un Nouveau dans la ville (1949) 45 copies
The Family Lie (1940) 45 copies
The Innocents (1826) 44 copies
Madame Maigret's Suitor (short story) (1939) — Author — 44 copies
Uncle Charles (1987) 43 copies
The 13 Culprits (1965) 43 copies
The Reckoning (1948) 43 copies
Young Cardinaud (1943) 42 copies
The Rich Man (1971) 41 copies
The Delivery (1941) 41 copies
The Couple from Poitiers (1946) 40 copies
Merry Murder (1994) 40 copies
The Neighbours (1968) 40 copies
The Stowaway (1947) 37 copies
The Outlaw (1974) 37 copies
The White Horse Inn (1961) 35 copies
Maigret and the Mad Killers (1954) 35 copies
The Second Simenon Omnibus (1970) 34 copies
The Confessional (1966) 34 copies
Le Blanc à lunettes (1938) 34 copies
Selected Works (1978) 33 copies
The man from everywhere and Newhaven-Dieppe (1952) — Author — 33 copies
The Son (1957) 32 copies
Les 13 mystères (1959) 31 copies
The Fourth Simenon Omnibus (1971) 31 copies
Tout Maigret 3 (2002) 31 copies
Murder Most Merry (2002) 30 copies
L'évadé (1946) 30 copies
The Grandmother (1980) 29 copies
A Maigret Omnibus (1962) 29 copies
Les suicidés (1974) 29 copies
Maigret Among the Rich (1978) 28 copies
Tout Maigret, tome 2 (2002) 27 copies
Tout Simenon, tome 2 (1989) 27 copies
Au bout du rouleau (1963) 27 copies
La folle d'Itteville (1931) 25 copies
The Second Maigret Omnibus (1964) 25 copies
Detectivebureau O (1943) 25 copies
Enigmes (1970) 24 copies
Simenon's Paris (1969) 23 copies
Tout Simenon, tome 3 (1988) 23 copies
De oude dame (1980) 23 copies
Simenon : Romans, tome 1 (2003) 23 copies
Maigret's Pipe (1977) 22 copies
Le passage de la ligne (1958) 22 copies
Tout Maigret, Tome 6 (2003) 22 copies
Le rapport du gendarme (1944) 21 copies
Les 13 Enigmes (1958) 21 copies
Simenon : Romans, tome 2 (2003) 19 copies
Il Mediterraneo in barca (1999) 18 copies
Tout Maigret, Tome 7 : (2007) 17 copies
Tout Maigret, Tome 9 (2008) 17 copies
Tournants Dangereux (1953) 16 copies
Tout Maigret, Tome 8 : (2007) 16 copies
Tout Simenon, tome 5 (2000) 16 copies
Tout Simenon, tome 4 (1988) 16 copies
The Novel of Man 15 copies
Tout Simenon 16 (1989) 15 copies
Maigret Set Two 15 copies
Tout Simenon 6 (1989) 15 copies
Tout Simenon, tome 7 (1989) 15 copies
The Ostenders (1932) 13 copies
3x Maigret (2016) 13 copies
Tout Simenon, tome 12 (1990) 13 copies
Maigret's Rival [Omnibus] (1985) 13 copies
The Seventh Simenon Omnibus (1974) 12 copies
Tout Simenon, tome 11 (1990) 12 copies
The Man on the Eiffel Tower [1949 film] (2015) — Original book — 12 copies
Je me souviens... (1965) 11 copies
France: A Traveler's Literary Companion (2008) — Contributor — 11 copies
La mauvaise étoile (2001) 11 copies
Tout Simenon 17 (1991) 10 copies
Tout Simenon, tome 8 (1989) 10 copies
La rue aux trois poussins (1963) 10 copies
Bellas Tod / Sonntag (1987) 10 copies
Los postigos verdes (2005) 9 copies
Les Romans durs, Tome 2 (2012) 9 copies
Tout Simenon, tome 21 (1993) 9 copies
Europa 33 (2020) 9 copies
Maigret Right and Wrong (1953) 9 copies
Six of the Best Short Novels by Masters of Mystery (1989) — Contributor — 9 copies
Tout Simenon, tome 13 (1990) 8 copies
A margine dei meridiani (2021) 8 copies
Pedigree et autres romans (2009) 8 copies
Maigret en Vichy (1984) 7 copies
Meistererzählungen. (2000) 7 copies
Un homme comme un autre (1976) 7 copies
VIOLENT ENDS (1954) 6 copies
Maigret to the Rescue (1941) 6 copies
Das Simenon-Lesebuch (2002) 6 copies
Tout Simenon, tome 26 (1993) 6 copies
Maigret: a fifth omnibus (1973) 6 copies
L'America in automobile (2023) 5 copies
Mr. Monday [short story] (1936) 5 copies
Les Romans durs : Tome 8 (2013) 5 copies
The Unlikely M. Owen (1938) 5 copies
Les Romans durs : Tome 7 (2013) 5 copies
Les Romans durs, Tome 3 (2012) 5 copies
L'âge du roman (1988) 5 copies
The Sacrifice (1956) 5 copies
Les Romans durs, Tome 4 (2012) 5 copies
La Piste Du Hollandais (1973) 5 copies
Les Romans durs, Tome 6 (2012) 5 copies
Les Romans durs : Tome 9 (2013) 5 copies
Les Romans durs, Tome 5 (2012) 5 copies
Tout Simenon, tome 27 (1993) 5 copies
Romanzi 5 copies
Ceux du Grand-Café (2001) 5 copies
Girl in Waiting (1957) 5 copies
Due giorni per Maigret (1962) 5 copies
Maigret omnibus (1984) 4 copies
Les Romans durs : Tome 10 (2013) 4 copies
Le bateau d'Émile (1954) 4 copies
Night at the Crossroads [1932 film] (2010) — Screenwriter — 4 copies
Il capanno di Flipke (2022) 4 copies
Maigret on the Riviera (2011) 4 copies
maigret omnibus 4 copies
À l'abri de notre arbre (1977) 4 copies
Oeuvres complètes. 12. (1968) 3 copies
Cecile Is Dead [1944 film] (1944) — Novel — 3 copies
片道切符 3 copies
Les Romans durs : Tome 11 (2023) 3 copies
Les Romans durs : Tome 12 (2013) 3 copies
Maigret en Bretagne (2011) 3 copies
Maigret (3 Volume Set) (2017) 3 copies
Les Essentiels de Maigret (2011) 3 copies
Les sept minutes (1983) 3 copies
Choix de Simenon (1972) 3 copies
Oeuvres complètes. VI. (1958) 3 copies
Les Petits Hommes (1976) 3 copies
Danger Ahead (1955) 3 copies
WDR Prime Crime. 6 CDs (2001) 2 copies
Le comissaire Maigret (1955) 2 copies
G.7 (1966) 2 copies
4 x Maigret 2 copies
Maigret Compleet - Deel 5 (1974) 2 copies
Oeuvre romanesque (1988) 2 copies
Tant que je suis vivant (1978) 2 copies
Drei Frauen (2013) 2 copies
Slepi potnik 2 copies
Dva plus pět 2 copies
NOVELAS DE MAIGRET. (1964) 2 copies
Rapport om en ukendt (1973) 2 copies
Maigret Compleet - Deel 9 (1977) 2 copies
Maigret Compleet - Deel 7 (1977) 2 copies
The Baron of the Locks [1960 film] (2017) — Screenwriter — 2 copies
Maigret en Normandie (1932) 2 copies
L'oeil De Simenon (2004) 2 copies
Maigret en mer du Nord (2011) 2 copies
Novelas de Maigret Tomo I (1960) 2 copies
La jeune fille aux perles (1991) 2 copies
Chez Maigret 2 copies
Oeuvres complètes. 1. (1967) 2 copies
Tout maigret 4 (2003) 1 copy
Fotografie di viaggio (2006) 1 copy
KAATİL 1 copy
Oeuvres 1 copy
Peeter Lätlane (2021) 1 copy
Senza via di scampo (2013) 1 copy
Obras (1976) 1 copy
Glasburen 1 copy
Tout Maigret Tome 7 (2003) 1 copy
Sluse nr. 1. 1 copy
La panthère borgne (1980) 1 copy
Romāni 1 copy
Spominjam se 1 copy
A tavola con Maigret (1988) 1 copy
Romanzi, vol. 2 (2010) 1 copy
Le Roi du Pacifique. (1929) 1 copy
Collection Trio (1951) 1 copy
Redhead 1 copy
Maigret, bind 3 (2013) 1 copy
La femme rousse (1991) 1 copy
Vacances obligatoires (1978) 1 copy
I Maigret 12 1 copy
Porażka Maigreta (2014) 1 copy
Omnibus 5-8 1 copy
Omnibus 1-4 1 copy
Nouvelles exotiques (2015) 1 copy
Vor Gericht (1996) 1 copy
Maigret 1 1 copy
Nouvelles introuvables (2014) 1 copy
Redhead 1 copy
Œuvre Romanesque 15 (1991) 1 copy
Tout Maigret Tome 8 (2003) 1 copy
I Maigret 14 1 copy
Murder 1 copy
I Maigret 15 1 copy
Cofanetto Maigret 1 (2018) 1 copy
Obras III 1 copy
Obras II 1 copy
Obras I 1 copy

Associated Works

A Treasury of Great Mysteries, Volumes 1-2 (1957) — Contributor — 262 copies
A Treasury of Great Mysteries, Volume 1 (1957) — Contributor — 207 copies
A Century of Great Suspense Stories (2001) — Author — 154 copies
Simenon et Maigret passent à table (1974) — Foreword, some editions — 94 copies
Police Procedurals (1985) — Contributor — 90 copies
Murder for Christmas, Vol. 2 (1982) — Contributor — 87 copies
The Mammoth Book of Great Detective Stories (1985) — Contributor — 80 copies
Great Short Tales of Mystery and Terror (1982) — Contributor — 79 copies
A Treasury of Modern Mysteries, Volume 2 (1973) — Contributor — 74 copies
The Oxford Book of Detective Stories (2000) — Contributor — 69 copies
A Treasury of Modern Mysteries in Two Volumes (1973) — Contributor — 65 copies
The Penguin Classic Crime Omnibus (1984) — Contributor — 54 copies
Murder on the Railways (1996) — Contributor — 42 copies
65 Great Murder Mysteries (1983) — Contributor — 41 copies
Midnight Specials (1977) — Contributor — 34 copies
The Vintage Book of Classic Crime (1993) — Contributor — 33 copies
Murder Intercontinental (1996) — Contributor — 31 copies
Great Law and Order Stories (1990) — Contributor — 28 copies
101 Mystery Stories (1986) — Contributor — 26 copies
The Black Lizard Big Book of Locked-Room Mysteries (2019) — Contributor — 24 copies
Great detective stories (1998) — Contributor — 20 copies
The Mammoth Book of Movie Detectives and Screen Crimes (1998) — Contributor — 20 copies
Great French detective stories (1983) — Contributor — 14 copies
Panic [1946 film] (1946) 13 copies
The Ethnic Detectives: Masterpieces of Mystery Fiction (1985) — Contributor — 12 copies
The Bedside Lilliput (1950) — Contributor — 12 copies
Bakers Dozen: 13 Short Detective Novels (1987) — Contributor — 12 copies
The Man from London [2007 film] (2012) — Novel — 10 copies
Crime Without Murder (1970) — Contributor — 6 copies
Sorte orkideer : 13 korte kriminalromaner (1988) — Contributor — 6 copies
Ellery Queen’s Eleven Deadly Sins (1991) — Contributor — 6 copies
Le Chat [1971 film] (2020) — Original book — 6 copies
Verdens største detektiver II (1995) — Contributor — 5 copies
De glæder med gys : Poe-Klubben skriver (1973) — Author, some editions — 5 copies
Suspense, February 1960 [Vol. 3, No. 2] — Contributor — 4 copies
For Love or Money (1957) — Contributor — 4 copies
Maigret: The Complete First Set (2013) — Original books — 4 copies
The Do-It-Yourself Bestseller: A Workbook (1982) — Contributor, some editions — 4 copies
Verdens største detektiver I (1995) — Contributor — 4 copies
Huivering wekken : 26 onthutsende verhalen (1982) — Contributor — 4 copies
Stranger in the House AKA Cop-Out [1967 film] (2000) — Screenwriter — 4 copies
Im Kerzenschein. Geschichten zum Träumen — Contributor — 2 copies
Best Stories from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (1944) — Contributor — 2 copies
Great Stories of Detection (1960) — Contributor — 2 copies
De bedste kriminalhistorier fra hele verden (1966) — Contributor — 1 copy
Verdens beste kriminalhistorier — Contributor — 1 copy
Argosy: December 1964 — Contributor — 1 copy
Club del Misterio, volum 9 (1982) — Contributor — 1 copy
Mystery and Suspense — Contributor — 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name
Simenon, Georges
Legal name
Simenon, Georges Joseph Christian
Other names
Sim, Georges
Simm, Georges
Sandor, Jean
Poum et Zette
Puck et Plock
Martin George, George (show all 21)
Kim
Gut, Gom
Georges, Martin Georges
George, Martin George
du Perry, Jean
Dossage, Jean
Dorsan, Luc
Dorsage, Georges
d'Isly, Georges
Dersonne, Jacques
d'Antibes, Germain
Charles, J.K.
Brulls, Christian
Bobette
Simenon, Georges
Birthdate
1903-02-13
Date of death
1989-09-04
Burial location
Lausanne, Switzerland
Gender
male
Nationality
Belgium
Birthplace
Liège, Belgium
Place of death
Lausanne, Switzerland
Places of residence
Paris, France
La Rochelle, France
Ingrannes, France
Tumacacori, Arizona, USA
Lakeville, Connecticut, USA
Lausanne, Switzerland
Education
College Saint-Louis (Jesuit high school)
Occupations
journalist (newspaper)
autobiographer
novelist
short-story writer
Relationships
Simenon, Tigy (1st wife)
Simenon, Denyse (2nd wife)
Organizations
American Academy of Arts and Letters (Foreign Honorary, Literature, 1971)
Académie de langue et de littérature françaises de Belgique (1952)
Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur (1955)
Awards and honors
MWA Grand Master (1966)
Honorary Doctorate (University Liège)
Agent
Gaston Gallimard
Sven Nielsen
Short biography
Georges Simenon was born at Liege in Belgium in 1903. At sixteen he began work as a journalist on the Gazette de Liege. He has published 158 books, many of them psychological novels and others in the Inspector Maigret series, and his work has been admired by almost all the leading French and English critics. His books have been translated into twenty-three languages and forty-four of them have been filmed; his psychological novels have had a great influence on the French cinema. He has travelled all over the world, and at one time lived on a cutter making long journeys of exploration round the coasts of Northern Europe. He is married and has three children. His recreations are riding, fishing, and golf. Taken from 1959 Penguin book jacket of My Friend Maigret.

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Monsieur Monde is a moderately successful, though extremely wealthy businessman, living in the house where he was born with his second wife, and his two children from his fist marriage. One day, he simply disappears, and fetches up in Marseilles. Mid-life crisis? Perhaps. He seems to allow things to happen to him. He drifts along with the people he happens upon, and seems to sense that everything that happens to him is in some way pre-ordained. The thieves, gamblers and prostitutes of his new life, and the woman ... spoiler alert ... whom he helps cause him to go back home at last, wanly resigned to the previous status quo. A disturbing and understated story of obsession, which captures the feeling of the places Monsieur Monde temporarily calls home.… (more)
 
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Margaret09 | 9 other reviews | Apr 15, 2024 |
"El inspector Maigret llega a la localidad de Concarneau para investigar el intento de asesinato de uno de los prohombres del pueblo. En mitad de las pesquisas, una serie de sucesos confusos parecen indicar que un asesino imparable trama una venganza colectiva. La única pista que parece firme es un perro canelo que nadie había visto antes y que merodea por el vecindario". (Descripción editorial).
 
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Perroteca__ | 30 other reviews | Apr 10, 2024 |
Tropic Moon, one of Georges Simenon's "Romans durs," or hard novels, is his first book set outside of Europe. The story of Tropic Moon is not only harsh on the protagonist but also on the French colonial system as a whole—that is, it is extremely harsh on the French colonialists who lived in Africa. This was a slightly different experience for me compared to Simenon's detective novels.
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jwhenderson | 6 other reviews | Feb 28, 2024 |
Most of the great fictional detectives, from Sherlock Holmes to Columbo, are smarter than their fans. Even so we have some idea how they work. At the very end, at least, we learn how they got from Point A to Point B. Detective Chief Inspector Maigret, however, has no method at all, as Georges Simenon tells us in “Maigret and the Ghost” (1964). We have no clue how he reads his clues, or even in many cases what clues he is reading.

Even so, these relatively short novels make compulsive reading, and this one is no exception. And no, this is not a ghost story.

One of the other detectives in the Paris police force is a man named Lognon, but behind his back he is usually called Inspector Luckless or Inspector Hard-Done-By. Although a clever detective, something always goes wrong with his cases. Even when they reach a successful conclusion, somebody else always gets the credit. Now Lognon is found shot and near death just outside the residence of a young woman, with whom the married detective had been spending each night.

An extramarital affair gone wrong? Not to Margaret's eyes. He goes across the street to try to discover what has been going on in the home of a notable art dealer and his beautiful wife. Why has Lognon been watching this house every night?

Maigret may be famous and mystifying, but in most respects he is an ordinary man with a wife he loves and a home he loves to go home to. Madame Maigret usually appears in these novels, and here he credits her with helping to solve the case, even though she has no idea how.

Neither do the rest of us, but it is fun watching it happen just the same.
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hardlyhardy | 9 other reviews | Feb 24, 2024 |

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