Maigret Inspector Maigret, Georges Simenon
Maigret Inspector Maigret, Georges Simenon
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Maigret (Inspector Maigret)

Author: Georges Simenon, Ros Schwartz

Series: Inspector Maigret #19

Narrator: James Faulkner

Unabridged: 3 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/09/2025

Synopsis

A gripping novel that sees Maigret brought out of his peaceful retirement.

When Maigret’s police officer nephew is framed for a gangland murder, the former chief inspector must swap his countryside retirement for his old stomping ground: Paris’s seamy underworld. Fueled by regular tipples and his omnipresent pipe, he goes up against a criminal enterprise whose leader, a police informant, considers himself untouchable. Can Maigret’s forensic but off-the-books investigation save his nephew from prison—and uphold his own legacy as a peerless maverick for justice?

A Macmillan Audio production from Farrar, Straus and Giroux

About Georges Simenon

Georges Simenon (1903–1989) was born in Liège, Belgium. An intrepid traveler with a profound interest in people, Simenon strove on and off the page to understand—and not to judge—the human condition in all its shades. His books 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.

About Ros Schwartz

Ros Schwartz has translated numerous works of fiction and nonfiction from French, including several Georges Simenon titles, a new translation of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s The Little Prince, and Mireille Gansel’s Translation as Transhumance. The recipient of a number of awards, she was made a Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2009 and received the Institute of Translation and Interpreting’s John Sykes Memorial Prize for Excellence in 2017.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ivonne on February 28, 2016

In the simply titled Maigret (also published as Maigret Returns), former Detective Chief Inspector Maigret abandons his comfortable retirement in the Loire to return to Paris to extricate his nephew from a murder charge. Philippe Lauer, the son of coddling Madame Maigret’s sister, had prevailed on h......more

Goodreads review by Albus Eugene Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore on January 12, 2020

Philippe. Le crétin! … Maigret è à la retraite nella sua casa di campagna sulla Loira con la sua amata signora Maigret. Suo nipote Philippe, che lui stesso aveva fatto entrare au Quai des Orfèvres, va a chiedere il suo aiuto. Il trafficante che lui sorvegliava è stato ucciso e lui rischia di esse......more

Goodreads review by The Frahorus on February 23, 2020

Questo, secondo le intenzioni di Simenon, sarebbe stato l'ultimo romanzo sul commissario Maigret. Vi troviamo il commissario ormai in pensione e che vive in una villetta appartata con sua moglie, quando suo nipote va a far loro visita e chiede aiuto a suo zio: è indagato per omicidio e si professa i......more

Goodreads review by Three on August 24, 2019

mamma mia.... senza una parola di troppo, né una di meno (in centotrentaquattro pagine c'è posto per una storia gialla, per lo spaesamento di Maigret che è andato in pensione, per le ripicche dei suoi colleghi che non accettano volentieri di vederlo ancora girare per gli uffici, per l'angoscia di una......more

Goodreads review by Jack on November 22, 2020

3 Stars. Good but not great, yet I'll be back! I had seen Rowan Atkinson's brilliant portrayal of Detective Chief Inspector Jules Maigret on TV and been intrigued. The series has 75 novels and 29 short stories; Simenon was prolific! Maigret and his wife, Louise, just call her Madame Maigret, have re......more

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