Maigret's Patience

By Georges Simenon

Book Overview

"A writer as comfortable with reality as with fiction, with passion as with reason." --John Le Carr

Inspector Maigret is working on connecting an old nemesis to a string of robberies, but when the man is found dead, he must turn instead to hunting down his killer.

Maigret finds himself back on the Rue des Acacias just ten days after cracking another case there. This time, he is tasked with solving the murder of a criminal he has known for more than twenty years, one he always believed was behind a series of jewelry heists in the city. While the stakes rise, Maigret's patience is tested as he eliminates suspects neighbor by neighbor in his hunt for the murderer.

A riveting mystery, Maigret's Patience showcases the inimitable detective's tireless mettle in the pursuit of the truth.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 024130413X
• ISBN13: 9780241304136
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 7.6"

Customer Reviews

A Twenty Year Mystery is Solved.

The setting is Paris in the early 1960's. The venerable Inspector Maigret is nearing retirement age and growing increasingly stout. Paris is hit once again by a series of jewell heists. Maigret has known for twenty years that the Corsican crime boss Manuel Palmari has been behind the crimes. Over the years, Maigret has developed respect and even professional admiration for Palmari. During the middle of the latest crime spree, the wheelchair bound Palmari is found murdered in his apartment. This is Maigret's opportunity to unravel a mystery that has been bothering him for 20 years. This story has all the classic elements that Jules Maigret fans love.

A detective plagued by jewelry store heists ? in daylight

Georges Simenon's Maigret Bides His Time provides an unabridged Jules Maigret mystery telling of a detective plagued by jewelry store heists - in the daylight. The Parisian inspector has his hands full, and Clifford Norgate's background in Shakespearean drama brings the underlying drama to life in this mystery.