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 a.m.
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 a.m.
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 a.m.
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 a.m.
Detective in troubled waters
The majority of the "Maigret" mysteries are naturally set in Paris, where the Detective Chief…
11 June 2019 - 08.06 a.m.