Word: maigret
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...MAIGRET ABROAD-Georges Sime-non-Harcourf, Brace ($2). In Holland, the imperturbable Inspector Maigret deals with a crime of passion: the popping off of philandering Popinga. Maigret makes his pick and hands the case to Detective Pijpekamp for the kill. Proceeding then to Belgium, Maigret solves a murder at the Gai-Moulin in Liege. Principal actors are Adele, a danseuse, and two ne'er-do-well youths, always broke...
...MAIGRET TRAVELS SOUTH - Georges Simenon-Harcourt, Brace...
...shouting about Frenchman Simenon in U. S. mystery circles is well justified by these two novelettes. Liberty Bar finds Inspector Maigret at Antibes, in the curious business of Madame Jaja, Sylvie the tart and dead Mr. Brown. In The Madman of Bergerac, Maigret jumps off the careening Paris-Bordeaux express, is promptly shot. Convalescing in a provincial town, he mixes into the local murders and scandals, which are something for a town that size. Refreshing stories, very French...
...PATIENCE OF MAIGRET-Georges Simenon-Harcourt, Brace ($2). Two novelettes by a fantastic Frenchman. Inspector Maigret waits while subordinates make the hue and brass hats foam and fret. And presently the guillotine snicks a cervix or Devil's Island claims another Gaul...