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- Maigret Goes to School (Inspector Maigret) (2018)
- Maigret Defends Himself (Inspector Maigret) (2019)
- Maigret and the Man on the Boulevard (Inspector Maigret) (2007)
- Maigret’s Patience (Inspector Maigret) (2019)
- Maigret and the Ghost (Inspector Maigret) (2019)
- Maigret and the Old People (Inspector Maigret) (2019)
- Maigret’s Pickpocket (Inspector Maigret) (2019)
- Maigret and the Good People of Montparnasse (Inspector Maigret) (2018)
- Maigret and the Saturday Caller (Inspector Maigret) (2018)
- The Saint-Fiacre Affair (Inspector Maigret) (2015)
- Maigret at Picratt’s (Inspector Maigret) (2017)
- Maigret’s Anger (Inspector Maigret) (2019)
- Maigret and the Minister (Inspector Maigret) (2018)
Maigret Goes to School (Inspector Maigret) (2018)
Inspector Maigret becomes entangled in the dramas of a small town on his quest to solve the murder of their former postmistress Maigret is called from his usual duties in Paris to investigate a murder in a small village located close to La Rochelle. A local postmistress has been killed and suspicion has fallen on the local schoolmaster. When Maigret gets there, he discovers a very inward-looking community of people who hated the victim because she knew all their secrets.
Maigret Defends Himself (Inspector Maigret) (2019)
When suspicion turns on Inspector Maigret for a crime he did not commit, he must use every investigative tool in his arsenal to clear his name. For the first time in his career, Inspector Maigret receives written summons to the Chief Commissioner’s office. There he learns that he has been accused of a horrible assault by an individual with ties to a high-ranking official.
Maigret and the Man on the Boulevard (Inspector Maigret) (2007)
One of the world ‘s most successful crime writers, Georges Simenon has thrilled mystery lovers since 1931 with his matchless creation Inspector Maigret. In My Friend Maigret, Inspector Maigret investigates the murder of a small- time crook on a Mediterranean island.
Maigret’s Patience (Inspector Maigret) (2019)
Inspector Maigret is working on connecting an old nemesis to a string of robberies, but when the man is found dead, he must turn instead to hunting down his killer. Maigret finds himself back on the Rue des Acacias just ten days after cracking another case there. This time, he is tasked with solving the murder of a criminal he has known for more than twenty years, one he always believed was behind a series of jewelry heists in the city.
Maigret and the Ghost (Inspector Maigret) (2019)
When a colleague is shot under mysterious circumstances, Inspector Maigret must work fast to uncover the truth During an undercover case, Inspector Maigret’s colleague Lognon is shot and rushed to surgery. The attack took place in a room he was sharing, unbeknownst to his friends and family, with a beautiful woman who has since disappeared.
Maigret and the Old People (Inspector Maigret) (2019)
When a wealthy aristocrat is found murdered in his home, Inspector Maigret must navigate a high-stakes case in the moneyed world of Paris’s upper crust Maigret is called to the home of Armand de Saint-Hilaire, a highly respected diplomat who has been found by his housekeeper, shot dead in his study.
Maigret’s Pickpocket (Inspector Maigret) (2019)
A pickpocket steals Maigret’s wallet only to contact him the following day, returning the stolen items on the condition that he come to the thief’s apartment. When the agitated young thief leads Maigret to the body of his wife, dead of a gunshot wound to the head, he implores Maigret to take the case.
Maigret and the Good People of Montparnasse (Inspector Maigret) (2018)
When he is tasked with solving a seemingly motiveless murder, Inspector Maigret must rely on his famous intuition to discover the truthA retired manufacturer is found murdered with his own pistol in his favorite armchair, shattering the tranquility of a quiet Paris community. The neighbors describe the Josselin household as a bastion of bourgeois compatibility, and Inspector Maigret is stymied by the absence of motive and by the reticence of the bereaved wife.
Maigret and the Saturday Caller (Inspector Maigret) (2018)
Maigret is visited by a troubled man and asks him to keep in touch, hoping to curtail his criminal impulses–but when the man disappears, Maigret must investigate a crime that may or may not have occurredWhen Maigret returns home at the end of a long day, he is surprised to find a tense man named Léonard Planchon waiting on his doorstep with an unusual problem.
The Saint-Fiacre Affair (Inspector Maigret) (2015)
“Maigret savoured the sensations of his youth again: the cold, stinging eyes, frozen fingertips, an aftertaste of coffee. Then, stepping inside the church, a blast of heat, soft light; the smell of candles and incense.”The last time Maigret went home to the village of his birth was for his father’s funeral. Now, an anonymous note predicting a crime during All Souls’ Day mass draws him back there, where troubling memories resurface and hidden vices are revealed.
Maigret at Picratt’s (Inspector Maigret) (2017)
When a Montmarte stripper overhears a plot to murder a countess, Inspector Maigret is on the case Arlette, a beautiful young dancer at Picratt’s in Montmartre, reports to her local police station that she overheard two men at her club talking about planning to kill a countess. The police don’t think much of the claim—that is, until a few hours later when Arlette is found in her room, strangled to death.
Maigret’s Anger (Inspector Maigret) (2019)
When a well-liked nightclub owner turns up dead in a cemetery, Inspector Maigret must track down the killer—despite a lack of suspects. During a quiet spell in June, Maigret is called to investigate the disappearance of a reputable businessman, a nightclub owner with properties in Montmarte and on the Champs-Élysées. Things take a dark turn when the man’s body is discovered near the famous Père Lachaise cemetery.
Maigret and the Minister (Inspector Maigret) (2018)
When a public tragedy threatens to expose a scandal within the Paris government, the Minister of Public Works calls in a favor to Maigret A public project has collapsed and resulted in the death of 128 children after a report warning officials about the unsafe structure was disregarded. Now, that report has resurfaced, along with allegations that several politicians and contractors involved with the project may have suppressed its findings to avoid a scandal.
Best Maigret Books that Should be on Your Bookshelf
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The Pirate Book
Author(s): Nicolas Maigret, Maria Roszkowska (editors)
ID: 1436324, Publisher: Aksioma – Institute for Contemporary Art, Year: 2015, Size: 56 Mb, Format: pdf
How to be Parisian wherever you are: love, style, and bad habits
Author(s): Berest, Anne;De Maigret, Caroline;Diwan, Audrey;Mas, Sophie
ID: 2572341, Publisher: btb;Doubleday, Year: 2014;2015, Size: 11 Mb, Format: epub
How to be a Parisian
Author(s): Anne Berest, Audrey Diwan, Caroline de Maigret, Sophie Mas
ID: 1211267, Publisher: Ebury Press, Year: 2014, Size: 47 Mb, Format: epub
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