On an errand of mercy, Maigret travels to a provincial village whose crafty inhabitants nearly foil the sleuth. Translated by Helen Thomson. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book.
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Text: English, French (translation)
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Georges Simenon (1903-1989) was born in Lie`ge, Belgium. As a young man he worked as a baker, journalist, and bookseller and published his first novel at seventeen. He went on to write more than two hundred novels, becoming one of the world's most prolific and bestselling authors. His books have sold more than 500 million copies and have been translated into fifty languages.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Also titled Inspector Cadaver,
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This review is from: Maigret's Rival (Paperback)
The re-writing of titles by editors is a crime that victimizes the readers of popular mystery writers. I read and reviewed this book under the title of Inspector Cadaver. I'm reviewing the same book again to help protect other readers from buying the same book twice.
Maigret stirs up all sorts of tension in the town of Saint-Aubin by investigating a murder there as a favor to an examining magistrate. In truth, although he's treated with great hospitality, some people wish he'd go home. Also on the scene is an ex-policeman turned private detective, nicknamed in the old days Inspector Cadaver. His shifty presence complicates matters even more. The fact that Maigret is out of his jurisdiction makes him more dependent than ever on his uncanny ability to read people and places. The quirky characters in this story give him plenty of material to work with. I suggest checking the reviews of Inspector Cadaver before getting this book. That edition is nicer, in any case, than this one.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Quota filler,
By Tom Bruce (East Moriches, NY) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Maigret's Rival (Paperback)
Georges Simenon was a prolific writer, completing on average four books a year. Many of them, 78 to be exact, were detective novels featuring Inspector Maigret of the Paris police department. After reading "Maigret's Rival," I must assume he was under contract to submit so many a year, and this one must have been close to a publisher's imposed deadline. It seems like a rush job from start to finish. Maigret is sent by his supervisor to the small rural community of Saint-Aubin to unofficially look into the death of a young man, which may or may not have been murder. Once there, Maigret discovers a former detective rival of his, one Inspector Cavre, nicknamed Cadaver, is also on the case. Why and who hired him? That's about as mysterious as this mystery gets. There is none of the smart inquisitions or clever detective work so often found in other Maigret novels. It's just so much page filler where nothing is resolved and the action goes nowhere. It's pablum for the mind. If I had read this Maigret book first, I never would have read another and would have missed out on some fine mysteries. Skip it.
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Maigret surveyed his fellow passengers with wide-open, sullen eyes and, without meaning to, assumed that self-important look people put on when they have spent mindless hours in the compartment of a train. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Etienne Naud, Madame Naud, Albert Retailleau, Madame Retailleau, Monsieur Naud, Trois Mules, Alban Groult-Cotelle, Old Cadaver, Inspector Cavre, Police Judiciaire, Monsieur Groult-Cotelle, Justin Cavre, Mademoiselle Naud, Superintendent Maigret, Louise Naud, Public Prosecutor New!
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Maigret surveyed his fellow passengers with wide-open, sullen eyes and, without meaning to, assumed that self-important look people put on when they have spent mindless hours in the compartment of a train. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Etienne Naud, Madame Naud, Albert Retailleau, Madame Retailleau, Monsieur Naud, Trois Mules, Alban Groult-Cotelle, Old Cadaver, Inspector Cavre, Police Judiciaire, Monsieur Groult-Cotelle, Justin Cavre, Mademoiselle Naud, Superintendent Maigret, Louise Naud, Public Prosecutor New!
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- The A-Z of Great Writers: The World's Leading Authors and Their Works by Carlton Books on page 334
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