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A Maigret Christmas
A Maigret Christmas
Oct 31, 2024 11:18 AM

Author:Georges Simenon,David Coward

A Maigret Christmas

Three seasonal stories set in Paris at Christmas, from the celebrated creator of Inspector Maigret.

It is Christmas in Paris, but beneath the sparkling lights and glittering decorations lie sinister deeds and dark secrets...

This collection brings together three of Simenon's most enjoyable Christmas tales, newly translated, featuring Inspector Maigret and other characters from the Maigret novels. In 'A Maigret Christmas', the Inspector receives two unexpected visitors on Christmas Day, who lead him on the trail of a mysterious intruder dressed in red and white. In 'Seven Small Crosses in a Notebook', the sound of alarms over Paris send the police on a cat and mouse chase across the city. And 'The Little Restaurant in Les Ternes (A Christmas Story for Grown-Ups)' tells of a cynical woman who is moved to an unexpected act of festive charity in a nightclub - one that surprises even her...

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Heart-tugging stories [...] his understanding of human frailties and sympathy for the underdog shine through on every page

—— Daily Mail

Powerfully evocative of impoverished, pre-modern Paris

—— Evening Standard

One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . Simenon was unequalled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories

—— Guardian

A supreme writer . . . unforgettable vividness

—— Independent

The most addictive of writers . . . a unique teller of tales

—— Observer

Spine-chilling, tension-packed gripper

—— Woman and Home

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Belinda Bauer's plots are never anything less than original and unsettling, and her latest outing is no exception.

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—— Guardian

Belinda Bauer's fiction teems with life . . . She is also an ingenious creator, never afraid to improve on reality . . . She is on absolutely cracking form in her latest novel . . . Kate Atkinson used to be the undisputed master of this sort of mixture of the serious, the exciting and the anarchic, but Bauer is now firmly in her class.

—— Daily Telegraph

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—— The Times

A compelling and highly intricate novel . . . Snap follows the human impact of murder rather than the gory details

—— Press Association

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—— Pamela Norris , Literary Review

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—— Hanya Yanagihara

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—— Heat

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—— Stylist

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—— Psychologies

Atkinson’s poker-faced narration perfectly serves a twisty tale of innocence lost amid a fog of geopolitical double-dealing, framed with a deadly tragedy.

—— Metro

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—— Joanna Cannon

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—— Cressida Connolly , The Oldie

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—— Kirkus Reviews

A compulsively readable thriller.

—— Booklist (Starred review)

I’m gripped

—— YOU Magazine online

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