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
Tag: Detective
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.
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
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
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
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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