Maigret Sets a Trap: Inspector Maigret (Maigret Capsule Collection) - Softcover

Simenon, Georges

Softcover

ISBN 10: 024178820X ISBN 13: 9780241788202

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 2025

Synopsis

'The father of contemporary European detective fiction' Ann Cleeves

In a sweltering Paris summer Inspector Maigret works against the clock to catch a serial killer in this classic novel featuring Simenon's literary legend

Inspector Maigret is known for his infallible instinct, for getting at the truth no matter how complex the case, but when someone starts killing women on the streets of Montmartre, he finds himself confounded. In the sweltering Paris summer heat, with the city in a state of siege, Maigret hatches a plan to lure the murderer out.

Translated by Siān Reynolds

Other titles in this collection include: Maigret's Holiday, Maigret Defends Himself, Maigret's Doubts, Maigret's Pickpocket, Maigret's Patience, The Saint-Fiacre Affair, Maigret and the Lazy Burglar, The Carter of 'La Providence', Maigret and the Old People, Maigret's Dead Man and Maigret in Vichy

'Not just the world's bestselling detective series, but an imperishable literary legend' The Times

About this title

About the Author

Georges Simenon was born in Ličge, Belgium, in 1903. An intrepid traveller with a profound interest in people, Simenon strove on and off the page to understand, rather than to judge, the human condition in all its shades. His novels include the Inspector Maigret series and a richly varied body of wider work united by its evocative power, its economy of means, and its penetrating psychological insight. He is among the most widely read writers in the global canon. He died in 1989 in Lausanne, Switzerland, where he had lived for the latter part of his life.

Edition details

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 024178820X
• ISBN 13: 9780241788202
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176