I've quite liked the Simenon books that I've read, although with so many, it's hard to remember many specifics. And, I read most of them in DTB days, so the length of time that has passed doesn't help either. But I do remember reading them more for Maigret himself (and Mme Maigret) than for the specific cases. And I'm a sucker for mysteries set in France, and for police procedurals, although Maigret isn't always super-procedural...so YMMV...
A couple I remember liking enough to remember specifics are the one where he returns to his home town (
The Saint-Fiacre Affaire, also known as
Maigret Goes Home, and a couple of other similar titles),
Maigret and the Hotel Majestic (which was written before the war, but published during), and
Maigret and the Headless Corpse, which I remember because I wanted someday to go on a tour of the Saint-Martin canal, where the body was found, which I still haven't managed to do.
Pietr the Latvian, which is in this omnibus, is also pretty good - it's the first Maigret book, although there's a later prequel, and the early ones seemed a bit more pulp-ish to me than the later ones. (And I later found out this was the case, since I read not too long ago that Simenon had been writing pulp before Maigret...)
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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
Inspector Maigret Omnibus: Volume 1 by Georges Simenon is $1.99 at Amazon, B&N and Kobo US. I've never read any of the Maigret books, but am curious about them.
The omnibus contains: Pietr the Latvian; The Hanged Man of Saint-Pholien; The Carter of 'La Providence'; The Grand Banks Café |