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Maigret heads to an island off the Cote d'Azur in this new translation, part of the Penguin Maigret series There was a strong mistral blowing. I don't know what the mistral was doing there, but from what I've understood it has a certain importance. It's because of the mistral, in particular, that Marcellin, rather than going to sleep on his boat as he usually does, headed for a shack that stands near the harbour, where the fishermen store their nets.

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These Maigret books are as timeless as Paris itself. -The Washington Post Maigret ranks with Holmes and Poirot in the pantheon of fictional detective immortals. -People Simenon created one of the great moral detectives . . . a master of the slow unfolding of the criminal mind. -John Mortimer A writer who, more than any other crime novelist, combined a high literary reputation with popular appeal. -P. D. James Simenon created some of the most enduring and compelling works of the twentieth century. -Iain Pears

These Maigret books are as timeless as Paris itself. -<i>The Washington Post</i> Maigret ranks with Holmes and Poirot in the pantheon of fictional detective immortals. -<i>People</i> Simenon created one of the great moral detectives . . . a master of the slow unfolding of the criminal mind. -John Mortimer A writer who, more than any other crime novelist, combined a high literary reputation with popular appeal. -P. D. James Simenon created some of the most enduring and compelling works of the twentieth century. -Iain Pears

These Maigret books are as timeless as Paris itself. - The Washington Post Maigret ranks with Holmes and Poirot in the pantheon of fictional detective immortals. - People Simenon created one of the great moral detectives . . . a master of the slow unfolding of the criminal mind. -John Mortimer A writer who, more than any other crime novelist, combined a high literary reputation with popular appeal. -P. D. James Simenon created some of the most enduring and compelling works of the twentieth century. -Iain Pears

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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.

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