"Maigret in Vichy" by Georges Simenon (published by Penguin Books)

Detective in troubled waters

11 June 2019 - 08.06 AM

The majority of the "Maigret" mysteries are naturally set in Paris, where the Detective Chief Inspector and his homicide squad keep order in the Departement de la Seine, but occasionally he operates in other parts of France. This can happen when he gets mixed up in an investigation by chance while on holiday or visiting a friend. Or sometimes he is directly called upon by the police in the provinces to help them out, or sometimes a crime in Paris brings him to another part of the country. One Maigret aficionado counted, and concluded that 21 of the 75 novels and 12 of the 28 short stories are in localities outside the capital.

Brushing away stress and depression

When he wasn’t fighting the fascist forces of evil in a world war, seeing active service with…

22 November 2018 - 11.11 AM

'I am just going outside and may be some time'

Armchair adventurers can make a cup of tea and settle back to experience vicarious thrill after…

16 November 2018 - 10.11 AM

The great man blows his top

Regular readers of the "Maigret" books well know that their hero can be a grumpy old devil, chewing…

09 November 2018 - 01.11 PM

Key to the Quai des Orfevres

In 1949, after he had written another 28 "Maigret" novels since the first one in 1931, Belgian…

05 November 2018 - 08.11 AM

Beyond imagining

John Lennon was a man in millions. Even in exalted company his name came first: John, Paul, George…

24 October 2018 - 08.10 AM

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