A quartet of novels from the pen of Georges Simenon, featuring detective Maigret of the Paris Police Judiciaire.
A Battle of Nerves / At the 'Gai-Moulin' - Penguin 1st, 1950
In A Battle of Nerves, Maigret's investigation of the murder a rich American woman and her maid for which a man might have been wrongly convicted. In At the 'Gai-Moulin', Maigret's investigates the murder of a Greek man at the Gai-Moulin nightclub in Liège, Belgium.
A Crime in Holland / A Face for a Clue - Penguin 1st, 1952
In ‘A Crime in Holland’, Maigret travels to the quiet Dutch coastal town of Delfzijl after a French professor is accused of murdering local resident Conrad Popinga. in ‘A Face for a Clue’, Maigret travels to the seaside town of Concarneau in Brittany after a local wine merchant is shot outside a café.
Maigret Travels South - reprinted, 1961
Contains two stories; Liberty Bar and The Madman of Bergerac. In Liberty Bar, Maigret is taking some time to sit in the sun. However William Brown, a degenerate Australian, has been stabbed in the back, and no one apparently can fill in the gap. The Madman of Bergerac introduces Maigret jumping, quite literally, into a [provincial French town terrorized by a manic murderer. His investigations surfer hardly at all from his conducting them, wounded, from a hospital bed, and he unearths a sequence of scandals which quickly give rise to more and more drama.
Maigret’s Revolver - reprinted, 1963
Inspector Maigret receives a call from his wife to say he has a visitor at their apartment. But when he gets home, the young man has already gone, along with Maigret's prized Smith and Wesson .45. The trail to find the culprit - and the woman who may become his victim - takes Maigret across Paris and all the way to the Savoy Hotel in London. But getting to the truth may be even more complicated than he had first imagined.
All of these books are originals, published by Penguin Books. All books are in Fair overall condition. There may be corner folds, inscriptions, tears, signs of wear etc. inside some of these books not shown in photographs. The photographs do form part of the description and the condition is reflected in the price.
A quartet of novels from the pen of Georges Simenon, featuring detective Maigret of the Paris Police Judiciaire.
A Battle of Nerves / At the 'Gai-Moulin' - Penguin 1st, 1950
In A Battle of Nerves, Maigret's investigation of the murder a rich American woman and her maid for which a man might have been wrongly convicted. In At the 'Gai-Moulin', Maigret's investigates the murder of a Greek man at the Gai-Moulin nightclub in Liège, Belgium.
A Crime in Holland / A Face for a Clue - Penguin 1st, 1952
In ‘A Crime in Holland’, Maigret travels to the quiet Dutch coastal town of Delfzijl after a French professor is accused of murdering local resident Conrad Popinga. in ‘A Face for a Clue’, Maigret travels to the seaside town of Concarneau in Brittany after a local wine merchant is shot outside a café.
Maigret Travels South - reprinted, 1961
Contains two stories; Liberty Bar and The Madman of Bergerac. In Liberty Bar, Maigret is taking some time to sit in the sun. However William Brown, a degenerate Australian, has been stabbed in the back, and no one apparently can fill in the gap. The Madman of Bergerac introduces Maigret jumping, quite literally, into a [provincial French town terrorized by a manic murderer. His investigations surfer hardly at all from his conducting them, wounded, from a hospital bed, and he unearths a sequence of scandals which quickly give rise to more and more drama.
Maigret’s Revolver - reprinted, 1963
Inspector Maigret receives a call from his wife to say he has a visitor at their apartment. But when he gets home, the young man has already gone, along with Maigret's prized Smith and Wesson .45. The trail to find the culprit - and the woman who may become his victim - takes Maigret across Paris and all the way to the Savoy Hotel in London. But getting to the truth may be even more complicated than he had first imagined.
All of these books are originals, published by Penguin Books. All books are in Fair overall condition. There may be corner folds, inscriptions, tears, signs of wear etc. inside some of these books not shown in photographs. The photographs do form part of the description and the condition is reflected in the price.
