{"product_id":"my-friend-maigret-inspector-maigret-paperback","title":"My Friend Maigret (Inspector Maigret) - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeorges Simenon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eShaun Whiteside\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOn a tiny Mediterranean island, a rowdy fisherman is shot dead mere hours after mentioning \"my friend Maigret.\" The suspects are few--and the famous inspector is trapped among them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn the tiny Mediterranean island of Porquerolles, the fisherman Marcel Pacaud has been shot dead. Hours earlier, he was overheard mentioning \"my friend Maigret.\" The inspector once knew Pacaud, who has a long rap sheet for pimping and violence. But that was many years ago. If Maigret's name has inspired murder, he cannot fathom why. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStepping into Porquerolles's intoxicating atmosphere of tropical heat and perfumed air, he questions an eccentric clique of islanders. Rich or poor, young or old, French, Dutch, or British: they're all exiles from conventional society. Can Maigret solve the case before he succumbs to \"porquerollitis\" and joins them? In \u003ci\u003eMy Friend Maigret\u003c\/i\u003e, Georges Simenon puts his mischievous twist on the closed circle mystery, crafting a portrait of an idyll marred by evil.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorges Simenon\u003c\/b\u003e (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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eShaun Whiteside\u003c\/b\u003e is a Northern Irish translator of French, Dutch, German, and Italian literature. He has translated many works of nonfiction and novels, including \u003ci\u003eManituana\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAltai\u003c\/i\u003e, by Wu Ming; \u003ci\u003eThe Weekend\u003c\/i\u003e, by Bernhard Schlink; \u003ci\u003eSerotonin\u003c\/i\u003e, by Michel Houellebecq; and \u003ci\u003eMagdalena the Sinner\u003c\/i\u003e, by Lilian Faschinger, which won the Schlegel-Tieck Prize for German translation in 1997.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.51 x 7.51 x 5.03 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 02, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53459675939181,"sku":"9781250425775","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1001\/0823\/9213\/files\/wH5jXMuIfi9781250425775.webp?v=1781704624","url":"https:\/\/cleanfreaklab.myshopify.com\/products\/my-friend-maigret-inspector-maigret-paperback","provider":"Clean Freak Lab","version":"1.0","type":"link"}