Maigret believes he has got the wrong man. But no one else is a suspect. And the convict is about to go to the gallows.....
A Man’s Head
Category: Detective Novels
A Crime in Holland
Outsiders are viewed with suspicion in the small Dutch town of Delfzijl. Unable to speak the language, Maigret must unearth the sins at the heart of this seemingly respectable community.
The Men Who Were Sherlock Holmes
In 1839, young army officer Cecil Hambrough was murdered, unleashing one of the most gripping court cases Victorian Britain had ever known.
Tokyo Express
by Seichō Matsumoto ISBN: 978-0-241-43908-1 First published 1958 149 Pages Publisher: Penguin Cover illustration: Japan Government Railways Poster 1937 by Munetsugu Satomi 5/5 Stars Any book with a map, you know it is going to be good. But train times and schedules? And using them to solve a crime of murder? A great story by… Continue reading Tokyo Express
The Yellow Dog
by Georges Simenon ISBN: 978-0-141-39347-6 First published 1931 134 pages Publisher: Penguin Classics Cover photograph: Harry Gruyaert / Magnum Photos 5 / 5 Stars A splendid novel, with more action than other Maigret novels. This novel was such a success that it was the first of the Maigret's stories to be filmed, directed by Jean… Continue reading The Yellow Dog
Félicie
by Georges Simenon ISNB: 978-0-241-18866-8 First published 1944 152 pages Publisher: Penguin Classics Cover photograph: Harry Gruyaert / Magnum Photos 4/5 Stars Each Inspector Maigret story has its own idiosyncrasy, its own theme which runs through the short book. Is it summer? Is it in Paris? Is it set in the countryside? Here the 'theme'… Continue reading Félicie
Inspector Cadaver
by Georges Simenon ISBN: 978-0-241-18847-7 First published 1944 170 pages Publisher: Penguin Classics Cover photograph: Harry Gruyaert / Magnum Photos Translated by William Hobson 5 / 5 Stars Maigret doesn't so much solve crime as allow the truth to seep from the characters involved and therefore the 'crime' to solve itself... Often he is no… Continue reading Inspector Cadaver
Maigret and the Old People
By Georges Simenon ISBN: 978-0-241-30389-4 First published 1960 155 pages Publisher: Penguin Classics Cover photograph: Harry Gruyaert / Magnum Photos Front cover design: Alceu Chiesorin Nunes 4/5 Stars A trip into the labyrinthine world of the late 1950's French aristocracy. Old people, no longer holding any real power, but still indulging in forced marriages, affairs… Continue reading Maigret and the Old People
The Two-Penny Bar
by Georges Simenon ISBN: 978-0-141-39417-6 First published 1932 149 pages Publisher: Penguin Classics Cover photo: Harry Gruyaert/Magnum Photos Cover design: Alceu Chiesorin Nunes 4 / 5 Stars A great 'whodunit' mystery by the great Georges Simenon. Set in Paris, on the banks of the Seine, in the heat of the summer, before WWII. Can Inspector… Continue reading The Two-Penny Bar
Rivers of London
by Ben Aaronovitch ISBN: 978-0-575-09758-2 First published 2011 390 pages Publisher: http://www.gollancz.co.uk Cover illustration: Stephen Walter Cover design: http://www.patrickknowlesdesign.com 3.5 Stars An enjoyable 'holiday' read of a Constable investigating supernatural crimes. Loosely based on the old 'Punch and Judy' puppet shows, it is a fast paced dash through London. Each of the rivers of London… Continue reading Rivers of London
A Study in Scarlet
By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ISBN: 9-780143-570325 First published 1887 162 pages Publisher: popularpenguins.com 5/5 Stars A fantastic book, the first adventure of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson. This tells the brief tale of how they met, how they lived together and how they cracked their first case together. It is written is an easy… Continue reading A Study in Scarlet
HUSH
By Jeph Loeb ISBN: 9-781401-22317-5 First published 2002/2003 (single comic format) 320 pages Publisher: DC Comics Penciller: Jim Lee Inker: Scott Williams 5/5 Stars A well thought-out and well crafted murder mystery, beautifully drawn and inked by Jim Lee and Scott Williams. Batman as detective, Batman as super-hero. With a wonderful assortment of characters. Poison… Continue reading HUSH
Night Birds on Nantucket
by Joan Aiken ISBN: 978-0-099-45664-3 First published 1966 202 pages Cover design: Tracey Hurst Cover illustration: Paul Hess Publisher: Red Fox Books, a division of Random House / randomhousechildrens.co.uk or kidsatrandomhouse.co.uk 5/5 Stars Remarkably, Nantucket is a real place. It really exists off the Eastern seaboard of the United States. A 19th century whaling industry… Continue reading Night Birds on Nantucket
Madam Maigret’s Friend
An Inspector Maigret novel by Georges Simenon ISBN: 978-0-241-24016-8 First published 1950 180 pages Cover design: Alceu Chiesorin Nunes Cover photo: Harry Gruyaert / Magnum Photos Translated by Howard Curtis 3/5 Stars A wonderfully easy read by Georges Simenon. Georges was born in Belgium in 1903 and died in Lausanne, Switzerland in 1989. Maigret is… Continue reading Madam Maigret’s Friend
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