Masters at work
And so, Penguin Books has reached number 70 in its ambitious reissue of the 75 Maigret novels, one a…
23 July 2019 - 08.07 AM
One woman, five men in a Simenon sextet
It's fair to say that Georges Simenon was obsessed with sex. As his son John recounted: "At the end…
22 July 2019 - 08.07 AM
Death or 'dishonour'
A sense of dread permeates German writer Florian Huber's book from the very beginning. It is April…
18 July 2019 - 10.07 AM
A new perspective on an old enemy
Mark Smith has written a fluent meditation on Russian history, a gallant attempt to reason with…
02 July 2019 - 08.07 AM
Writer on firm ground and at sea
Belgian author Georges Simenon didn't count the popular Inspector Maigret as his most significant…
17 June 2019 - 09.06 AM