Download or read book Maigret s Boyhood Friend and Maigret and the Wine Merchant written by Georges Simenon and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Maigret s Boyhood Friend written by Georges Simenon and published by Mariner Books. This book was released on 1981 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Maigret receives a visit from an old schoolmate whose mistress has been shot to death, he feels compelled to look into the case. Yet his friend is one of the suspects-along with the dead woman's four other lovers, each unknown to the others. The basis for a public television Mystery! presentation. Translated by Eileen Ellenbogen. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book

Download or read book Maigret and the Wine Merchant written by Georges Simenon and published by Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers. This book was released on 2005-12-01 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Maigret s Boyhood Friend written by Georges Simenon and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P. This book was released on 1970 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Maigret receives a visit from an old schoolmate whose mistress has been shot to death, he feels compelled to look into the case. Yet his friend is one of the suspects--along with the dead woman's four other lovers, each unknown to the others. The basis for a public television Mystery! presentation. Translated by Eileen Ellenbogen. Maigret is a registered trademark of the Estate of Georges Simenon.

Download or read book Maigret and the Coroner written by Georges Simenon and published by Hamish Hamilton. This book was released on 1980 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Literary Afterlife written by Bernard A. Drew and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2010-03-08 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an encyclopedic work, arranged by broad categories and then by original authors, of literary pastiches in which fictional characters have reappeared in new works after the deaths of the authors that created them. It includes book series that have continued under a deceased writer's real or pen name, undisguised offshoots issued under the new writer's name, posthumous collaborations in which a deceased author's unfinished manuscript is completed by another writer, unauthorized pastiches, and "biographies" of literary characters. The authors and works are entered under the following categories: Action and Adventure, Classics (18th Century and Earlier), Classics (19th Century), Classics (20th Century), Crime and Mystery, Espionage, Fantasy and Horror, Humor, Juveniles (19th Century), Juveniles (20th Century), Poets, Pulps, Romances, Science Fiction and Westerns. Each original author entry includes a short biography, a list of original works, and information on the pastiches based on the author's characters.

Download or read book Essays on Detective Fiction written by Bernard Benstock and published by Springer. This book was released on 1983-12-15 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Famous Movie Detectives II written by Michael R. Pitts and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sequel to the 1979 offering investigates such celluloid gumshoes as Mike Hammer, Miss Jane Marple, Philip Marlowe, Perry Mason, The Shadow, Sherlock Holmes, and The Whistler, as well as those with brief careers, including Kitty O'Day, Tony Rome, and Lord Peter Whimsey. Reveals the characters, the actors, the films, and the literary works that set off the whole chain of events. Includes dozens of movie stills and corrections to the base volume. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Download or read book Maigret and the Ghost written by Georges Simenon and published by Hamish Hamilton. This book was released on 1976 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Maigret Hesitates written by Georges Simenon and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-01-07 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A writer as comfortable with reality as with fiction, with passion as with reason.” —John Le Carré When a mysterious letter writer warns Inspector Maigret that a murder is imminent, Maigret must trace the messages back to their source before it is too late When a series of letters, penned on expensive stationery, arrives at Maigret's desk claiming that a murder will take place but that the writer is unsure as to who will die, who will do the killing, and when the killing will occur, Maigret's interest is piqued. He quickly traces the stationery back to the house of Emile Parendon, an eminent lawyer. But once there, the inspector finds that pinning down clues to a crime not yet committed isn't easy. When a murder does take place, the identity of the victim surprises even Maigret. A twisty and engrossing mystery, Maigret Hesitates puts the great detective's powers to the test.

Download or read book Maigret s Christmas written by Georges Simenon and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES, NOT PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED IN ENGLISH, SPANNING MAIGRET'S CAREER FROM ITS START TO HIS RETIREMENT.

Download or read book Maigret and the Flea written by Georges Simenon and published by Hamish Hamilton. This book was released on 1972 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Night at the Crossroads written by Georges Simenon and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2014-04-03 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is Carl Andersen innocent of murder, or a very good liar? Detective Chief Inspector Maigret has been interrogating the enigmatic Danish aristocrat for seventeen hours. A diamond merchant was found dead, shot at point-blank range, in the garage of Andersen’s mansion, yet he will not confess to the crime. To get to the truth, Maigret must delve into the secrets of Three Widows Crossroads, the isolated neighbourhood where he lives with his mysterious, reclusive sister Else – and where, it seems, everyone has something to hide.

Download or read book Maigret and the Calame Report written by Georges Simenon and published by Harvest Books. This book was released on 1987 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Inspector must enter the unsavory world of politics to help a conscientious politician. Maigret is secretly summoned by a distraught cabinet minister who needs help in recovering a document - the Calame report, an engineering study that warned that a government-funded children's sanitarium was of unstable design. The study was hushed up, the report stolen, and the disaster made reality - with 128 children killed in the building's collapse. Now Maigret must plumb the depths of government corruption to find the thief and the report - and let the compromised government fall where it may.

Download or read book Maigret and the Pickpocket written by Georges Simenon and published by Harvest Books. This book was released on 1985 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Maigret and the Informer written by Georges Simenon and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A writer as comfortable with reality as with fiction, with passion as with reason.” —John Le Carré When a prominent figure from the Paris restaurant world turns up dead, Inspector Maigret is on the case The body of a well-known Parisian restaurateur turns up on Avenue Junot in Montmartre, having seemingly been killed elsewhere. Inspector Maigret dives into the investigation and soon discovers that the murder may be gang-related after a colleague working in the red-light district receives a tip from an anonymous informer. Deeply engrossing, and revealing insights about the class-conscious world of the Paris elite, Maigret and the Informer draws the reader into a complicated case that could hinge on one man's word.

Download or read book Maigret s Patience written by Georges Simenon and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2019-02-07 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Compelling, remorseless, brilliant' John Gray Maigret finds himself back on the Rue des Acacias just ten days after cracking another case there. This time it is the murder of a criminal Maigret has known for over twenty years and one he always suspected was behind a string of jewellery robberies in the city. Maigret's patience is tested as he eliminates neighbour by neighbour in his hunt for the murderer. This novel has been published in a previous translation as Maigret Bides His Time. 'His artistry is supreme' John Banville 'One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . Simenon was unequalled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories' Guardian