A collection of five full-length Maigret mysteries from the 1950s, the first three written whilst Simenon was living in Connecticut. Maigret in Montmartre (1951) and Maigret's Mistake (1953) were originally coupled under the title Maigret Right and Wrong. The other three are Maigret Goes to School (1954), Maigret has Scruples (1958), and Maigret and the Reluctant Witnesses (1959). "We see the redoubtable detective investigating a killing in one of the many striptease clubs which Montmartre boasts, involved in the case of a murdered demi-mondaine and a distinguished doctor, fighting the prejudice of a close-knit community against their schoolmaster, caught up in the curious case of the electric trains salesman who suspects his wife of trying to murder him, and finally groping his way towards a solution in a decrepit mansion by the Seine, where the head of an almost bankrupt biscuit-manufacturing business has been found shot dead. In all these five stories the tension is acute, the psychology brilliant and the atmosphere superb."
Translated by Daphne Woodward, Alan Hodge, and Robert Eglesfield.
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"The burglar's wife reported her husband had seen Maria lying dead, in a pool of her own blood. But why had the burglar skipped town? And why did Maria's prosperous dentist husband and aristocratic mother-in-law insist Maria had left Paris of her own free will?
Here was a caper to baffle even the master sleuth. A case with too many clues -- and no crime. A killing with too many suspects -- and no corpse. Before Maigret got to the bottom of things, he would be thrust deep into a whirlpool of twisted passion and dangerous emotion -- where evey smile masked hate . . . and every corner turned could lead to murder . . ."
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"Maigret and the Gangsters finds Chief Inspector Jules Maigret of the Paris crime squad reluctantly helping the hapless Detective Lognon discover the identity of a body dumped from a passing car and immediately picked up by another, before the corpse is even cool. Maigret soon realizes he is dealing with genuine American gangsters, and everyone from Pozzo, a shady restaurateur, to ever-reliable Luigi, owner of the stylish Manhattan Bar, is warning him to back off. When Lognon himself is kidnapped the case becomes grislier than ever and a wild chase to the finsh for the honor of la patrie and the self-esteem of the unflappable, pipe-smoking Maigret."
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"Snared in the propeller of a barge was a man's arm -- drained white, and limp as a dead fish from prolonged immersion in the murky canal. It was a singularly challenging case for Chief Inspector Maigret, as piece by gruesome piece the corpse of a man was assembled from the muddy canal bottom -- all except the head.
His imperturbable detective's logic thoroughly aroused, Maigret searched the squalid bistros and byways of Paris for four necessary items: the corpse's missing head, the identity of the body, the murderer, and -- most elusive of all -- the motive. It was a case which would require Maigret's keenest eye for minute detail . . . and his most profound psychological insights."
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"'Somebody killed my boy. . . Why? But why?' Maigret and Madame Maigret were having their monthly dinner at the Pardons', Maigret's physician, when Pardon was called away to a young man lying wounded on the sidewalk. Accompanying Pardon, Maigret is drawn into one of the most perplexing and also potentially dangerous cases of his career."
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"This is a very special case in Maigret's experince, in which he invests his heart as much as his ingenuity. A nice old lady, meticulously groomed and showing no signs of derangement, timidly tries to see the famous detective and finally accosts him in the street. She is frightened: someone invades her apartment during her absences. Nothing is missing. But, says she, there are minute changes in the positions of objects, which to her prove the presence of an intruder. Maigret's subordinates shrug her off as a lunatic, and she becomes known at Police Headquarters as Maigret's Madwoman. But Maigret is touched by the look in her eyes and promises to go and see her. Someone else, however, gets there ahead of him.
Translator: Eileen Ellenbogen.
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Translated by Eileen Ellenbogen
"For six months a plain young woman had been pestering Maigret with the complain that the furniture in her apartment, shared with an aunt, mysteriously shifted position at night. Everyone at police headquarters was convinced it was all imagination, and they teased Maigret about his 'girl friend.' Her endless patience got on his nerves, and even her spinsterish look irritated him. No wonder he put off seeing her on a particularly busy day. It was a postponement he came to regret.
As Maigret endeavors to solve a case in which he considers himself guilty, he must reconstruct events that have gathered dust for years, wade through interrogations of witnesses who want to mislead him, and try to get inside the mind of a greedy, mistrustful old woman."
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"One of the richest wine merchants in Paris has been murdered, in front of an elegant house used by couples for discreet meetings. At the victim's home and at his office, Maigret is surprised by a curious absence of shock or grief, and he begins to receive messages from a mysterious caller who assures him that the murdered man deserved what he got. Indeed, as Maigret probes into the life of the victim, singularly unlovable traits are revealed. And when Maigret finally meets the murderer, he is unusually reluctant to see him apprehended."
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"Despite the expensively elegant stationery, Inspector Maigret had given the anonymous letter very little thought. He was accustomed to receiving crank mail that spoke of unreported crimes and innocent victims. However, reading the letter more closely, he began to see something that disturbed him. . . it was the neurotic, power-crazed personality of a ruthless killer. The Inspector had no trouble tracing the stationery to the house where it came from - the sumptuous Paris establishment of an expert in Maritime Law. But from there on Maigret floundered - who had written the letter? Who was about to commit murder? And above all, who was the potential victim? The final solution came as a deadly surprise to everyone. . . including Maigret."
Translated from the French by Lyn Moir.
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"Maigret is faced with a challenge. No fewer than five women have been murdered at night in the streets of Montmartre. All were knifed and had their clothing slashed. Who in the district has a grudge against women of the same sturdy build? After getting a psychological profile of the killer, Maigret decides to set a trap, risking a human life as bait. Everything is working according to plan - except that another, totally unexpected crime occurs."
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