Maigret Hesitates: Inspector Maigret #67
By (Author) Georges Simenon
Translated by Howard Curtis
Penguin Books Ltd
Penguin Classics
30th May 2019
2nd May 2019
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Crime and mystery: police procedural
Classic fiction: general and literary
Fiction in translation
843.912
Paperback
192
Width 130mm, Height 198mm, Spine 12mm
148g
A series of letters set Maigret up for a peculiar case Inspector Maigret receives a series of letters warning of a murder that is going to take place. The letters do not reveal who will die, when it will happen or who will do it. Maigret must trace the letters back to their source before it is too late.
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 *
A supreme writer . . . unforgettable vividness * Independent *
The most addictive of writers . . . a unique teller of tales * Observer *
Georges Simenon (Author) Georges Simenon was born in Li ge, Belgium, in 1903. He is best known in Britain as the author of the Maigret novels and his prolific output of over 400 novels and short stories have made him a household name in continental Europe. He died in 1989 in Lausanne, Switzerland, where he had lived for the latter part of his life.