Maigret Bides His Time

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0156551519
• ISBN13: 9780156551519
• Release Date: October 1986
• Publisher: Mariner Books
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.2" x 7.0"

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.