Reviewed: The Man from London by Georges Simenon The story of Bela Tarr's extraordinary English language film 2007 film of Georges Simenon's 1934 novel, The Man from London, starring Tilda Swinton, is as … Books • 12 Nov 20
Maigret - the enduring appeal of the Parisian sleuth Georges Simenon (1903-1989) was the author of some 400 to 500 books, many penned under a nom de plume in the early days. Sales of … Books • 17 Aug 19
Georges Simenon - investigating the legendary crime author Paddy Kehoe surveys the best of Georges Simenon and looks at two further issues in the mammoth 75-book Penguin paperback series of Maigret novels in … Books • 28 Feb 18
Review: The Accident on the A35 by Graeme Macrae Burnet Graeme Macrae Burnet was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2016 for the historical novel, His Bloody Project. In The Accident on the A35 … Book Review • 08 Jan 18
Reviewed: The Pitards by Georges Simenon Published in French in 1935, The Pitards is a compelling and decidedly noirish story of baleful shenanigans at sea from the pen of the great … Books • 05 Sep 17
Georges Simenon - The Snow was Dirty The author of Inspector Maigret made a bid for literary greatness with another of his so-called romans durs, The Snow was Dirty, first published in … Book Review • 10 Jan 17
Georges Simenon – When I Was Old In 1960, Maigret author, uxorious husband and family man Georges Simenon began filling notebooks with diary entries, in which he revealed much on his own … Books • 20 Dec 16
Georges Simenon - Maigret and the Old Lady The ongoing series of reissues and new translations of the Inspector Maigret series of crime novels continues with Maigret and the Old Lady. Reviews • 24 Aug 17
Georges Simenon – The Hand Compelling and unsettling, The Hand (Le Main) charts with a disorienting sense of menace the fall-out after a drinks party, when a man goes missing … Reviews • 14 Nov 16
