{"title":"Books by Georges Simenon","description":"\u003cp\u003eGeorges Simenon, one of the most prolific and widely read Belgian authors of the twentieth century, is best known for creating Inspector Maigret, the calm yet intuitive detective whose cases reveal the complexity of ordinary lives. Simenon's spare, atmospheric prose and psychological insight lend his crime stories a realism and tension that continue to captivate readers worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeyond the Maigret novels, Simenon wrote numerous romans durs-'hard novels'-that delve deeply into human motives, moral ambiguity, and the pressures of modern existence. His vast body of work, written with remarkable pace and precision, secures his place as a master storyteller whose portraits of character and place remain strikingly vivid.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAre you this author? 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In theory this mental portrait was good enough, but now it was replaced by fleeting images which should have added up to one and the same man but which refused to get themselves into focus.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe circumstances of Monsieur Gallet''s death all seem fake: the name the deceased was travelling under and his presumed profession, and more worryingly, his family''s grief. Their haughtiness seems to hide ambiguous feelings about the hapless man. In this haunting story, Maigret discovers the appalling truth and the real crime hidden behind the surface of lies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePenguin is publishing the entire series of Maigret novels in new translations. This novel has been published in previous translations as \u003ci\u003eMaigret Stonewalled \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Death of Monsieur Gallet\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Compelling, remorseless, brilliant'' John Gray\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century'' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A supreme writer . . . unforgettable vividness'' \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Georges Simenon:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . 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You'll quickly find yourself obsessing about his life as you tackle each mystery in turn.\"-- Stig Abell ― The Sunday Times (London)","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732481814871,"sku":"9780141393377","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780141393377.jpg?v=1719997073"},{"product_id":"night-at-the-crossroads-inspector-maigret-6-9780141393483","title":"Night at the Crossroads Inspector Maigret 6","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . 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Surely her taciturn husband Sir Walter knows - or maybe the answers lie with the crew of the barge \u003ci\u003eLa Providence\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis novel has been published in previous translations as \u003ci\u003eLock 14\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMaigret Meets a Milord\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century'' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Georges Simenon:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . 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But upon settling down in the hotel, Maigret quickly discovers a curious cast of characters awaits him there—and they all have something to hide.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the course of this strange case, a customs official is shot, a retired journalist is lost and found, and a vagrant is attested, but through it all Maigret has his sights set\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Georges Simenon:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . 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The community seem  happy to blame an unknown outsider, but there are people much closer to home who seem to know much more than they''re letting on: Beetje, the dissatisfied daughter of a local farmer, Amy van Elst, sister-in-law of the deceased and a notorious local crook.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis novel has been published in a previous translation as \u003ci\u003eMaigret in Holland\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Compelling, remorseless, brilliant'' John Gray\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''One of the  greatest writers of the twentieth century'' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Georges Simenon:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . 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He felt as if he had been sucked into the bourgeois, almost edifying, atmosphere that surrounded those epeople, ''good people'' so everyone kept telling him.''\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA retired manufacturer has been shot dead by his own pistol, last seen alive by his son-in-law. In this seemingly motiveless murder, Inspector Maigret must rely on his famous intuition to discover the truth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This novel has been published in a previous translation as \u003ci\u003eMaigret and the Black Sheep.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century '' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Georges Simenon:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . Simenon was unequaled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “These Maigret books are as timeless as Paris itself.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Maigret ranks with Holmes and Poirot in the pantheon of fictional detective immortals.” —\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “I love reading Simenon. He makes me think of Chekhov.” —William Faulkner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “The greatest of all, the most genuine novelist we have had in literature.” —André Gide\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A supreme writer . . . Unforgettable vividness.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/i\u003e (London)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Superb . . . The most addictive of writers . . . A unique teller of tales.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/i\u003e (London)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Compelling, remorseless, brilliant.” —John Gray\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A truly wonderful writer . . . Marvelously readable—lucid, simple, absolutely in tune with the world he creates.” —Muriel Spark\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A novelist who entered his fictional world as if he were a part of it.”lle —Peter Ackroyd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Extraordinary masterpieces of the twentieth century.” —John Banville\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Gem-hard soul-probes . . . 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\" ― Times (London)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Strangely comforting . . . so many lovely bistros from the Paris of mid-20th C. The corpses are incidental, it's the food that counts.\" ― Margaret Atwood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"One of the greatest writers of the 20th century . . . no other writer can set up a scene as sharply and with such economy as Simenon does . . . the conjuring of a world, a place, a time, a set of characters - above all, an atmosphere.\" ― Financial Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Gripping . . . richly rewarding . . . 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