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A Crime in Holland (Maigret #7) by Georges Simenon; Sian Reynolds (Translator)
$16.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Inspector Maigret Ser.
"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." --The Guardian Georges Simenon's thoughtful mystery set in a tranquil town on the Dutch coast " ...Show more
Betty by Georges Simenon
$22.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
A searing exploration of a woman's hidden destructive impulses from one of the great writers of the twentieth century'There was no longer that ambivalent inconsistency between her words and thoughts, no more fever, no more artificial heat, no more vagueness. Instead was the truth in all its rawness, in ...Show more
Death Threats: And Other Stories by Georges Simenon
$22.99 AUD
Category: Classics
A new selection of stories featuring the celebrated literary detective, Inspector MaigretAn ageing boxer caught in a love triangle. A wealthy Parisian family on the brink of collapse. A mysterious murder in a hotel in Cannes.These tales of human frailty and deceit - three of which are being published in ...Show more
Maigret Sets a Trap by Georges Simenon; Sian Reynolds (Translator)
$22.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
"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." --The GuardianWith a serial killer on the loose in Paris, Maigret must outsmart the culprit before he c ...Show more
Maigret and the Headless Corpse: Inspector Maigret #47 by Georges Simenon
$22.99 AUD
Category: Classics
One of Inspector Maigret's strangest and most compelling cases, now part of a new crime series in Penguin Modern ClassicsThe 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.
Maigret's Revolver (#40 Inspector Maigret) (Crime & Espionage Claasics) by Georges Simenon
$22.99 AUD
Category: Crime Fiction
Maigret goes to London on the trail of a young man on the runWhen Maigret's prized gun goes missing, he must travel to London on the trail of a troubled young man on the run. Maigret's Revolver is a wonderful picture of both London and Paris and one of Simenon's most ingenious and satisfying stories. ...Show more
The Hanged Man of Saint-Pholien: Inspector Maigret #3 by Georges Simenon
$22.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Inspector Maigret
Georges Simenon's haunting tale about the lengths to which people will go to escape from guilt, translated by Linda Coverdale as part of the new Penguin Maigret series. A first ink drawing showed a hanged man swinging from a gallows on which perched an enormous crow. And there were at least twenty other ...Show more
The Hatter's Ghosts by Georges Simenon
$22.99 AUD
Category: Classics
A masterful tale of murder and intrigue in a small French town, from the celebrated author of the Maigret seriesNot only had the rain in the dark streets, with a halo around each light and reflections on the ground, always given him a certain thrill, it also made it easier for him to move around.It has ...Show more
The Little Man from Archangel by Georges Simenon
$22.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
'A unique teller of tales ... What interested Simenon was the average man losing control of his own fate' Observer'She was beautiful, full of vitality, and he was sixteen years older, a dusty, lonely bookseller whose only passion in life was collecting stamps.'Jonas is used to his young wife disappearin ...Show more
The Man Who Watched the Trains Go By by Georges Simenon
$19.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Inspector Maigret
A brilliant new translation of one of Simenon's best loved masterpieces. 'A certain furtive, almost shameful emotion ...disturbed him whenever he saw a train go by, a night train especially, its blinds drawn down on the mystery of its passengers' Kees Popinga is a respectable Dutch citizen and family ...Show more
The People Opposite by Georges Simenon
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Category: Classics
An extraordinary tale of betrayal from the celebrated author of the Maigret series On the shore of the Black Sea, on the edge of the Soviet Union, a little city has a new Turkish consul. Adil Bey - alone in an alien land - has taken the job after the mysterious death of his predecessor. Receiving only ...Show more
The Snow Was Dirty by Georges Simenon
$19.99 AUD
$22.99 (13% off)
Category: Fiction | Series: Penguin Modern Classics
A brilliant new translation of Simenon's critically acclaimed masterpiece. 'And always the dirty snow, the heaps of snow that look rotten, with black patches and embedded garbage ...unable to cover the filth.' Nineteen-year-old Frank - thug, thief, son of a brothel owner - gets by surprisingly well desp ...Show more