2   GEORGES JOSEPH CHRISTIAN SIMENON

… was a prolific, best selling, distinguished, and award-winning french (belgian by birth) detective fiction novelist … he wrote over 400 novels using 17 pen names and is considered one of the great 20th century french novelists … there were 75 MAIGRET novels (1930-1972) …

 

 

 … protagonist:  french police CHIEF INSPECTOR MAIGRET  is the lead homicide investigator based in paris … a pipe, bowler hat and overcoat  -- gruff but fair …

 

 

1.   MAIGRET AND THE ENIGMATIC LETT interpol and maigret pursue a renown chameleon of crime …

 published 1931;  this penguin books copy 1972, 4th printing … LIKE NEW / MINT creaseless spine and covers, clean, square, smooth;  has minor shelf and edge wear … CLEARLY UNREADthe first Maigret novel

 

 

2.   MAIGRET’S RIVALmurder further complicates an investigation of a scandal and maigret must act without official authority …

 published 1944;  this harvest book 1979 … BRAND NEW / PERFECT no defects (creaseless spine and covers, clean, square, smooth) … CLEARLY UNREAD

 

 

          CLASSIC MURDER MYSTERY FICTIONCLEARLY UNREAD ...

  highest collectible qualityNEW mass market paperback books

 

 

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*  NEW  is same as  direct from the printer … not “almost-NEW”, not “LIKE-NEW” – but  NEW :  smooth, creaseless spine and covers …

*  more info / pictures available upon requestfrom a private collection (not ex-library books),  seller not a used-bookstore … securely packaged (boxed) when shipped … non-smoking household … previously stored vertical on cool, dry bookshelf …

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