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Maigret and the Gangsters

Maigret and the Gangsters

by Georges Simenon

Publisher Hamish Hamilton

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About the book

It was Detective Lognon's invalid wife on the phone... Lognon had been missing for two days. Two suave looking men armed with pistols had searched her Montmartre flat, brazenly ignoring her outraged protests. When Lognon reappeared he told Maigret the strange story of how he had seen a body pushed from a car onto the pavement, only to vanish minutes later. Anxious for personal recognition, Lognon had tried to tackle the case alone... and almost died to regret it.

Why are Tony Cicero and Charlie Cinaglia, two dangerous Sicilian gangsters well know to the FBI, in Paris? Is the disappearance of a third gangster, Mascarelli or 'Sloppy Joe', connected with their arrival? Whose body was thrown from the car? Luigi, proprietor of the Manhattan Bar, and another restaurant owner, Pozzo, warn Maigret not to look for the answers. These men are professionals - professional killers. Undaunted, Maigret continues his investigations and finds himself entangled in a web of crime that reaches from Missouri to Montmartre.

About the Author

Georges Simenon

Georges Simenon was a Belgian writer. A prolific author who published nearly 500 novels and numerous short works, Simenon is best known as the creator of the fictional detective Jules Maigret.


Simenon's first novel, Au Pont des Arches, was written in June 1919 and published in 1921 under his "G. Sim" pseudonym. Writing as "Monsieur Le Coq", he also published more than 800 humorous pieces between November 1919 and December 1922.


From 1921 to 1934 he used a total of 17 pen names while writing 358 novels and short stories.

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  • Book Condition & Notes

    Very good first edition, in a good unclipped dust jacket with slight bumping along the edges and light foxing on the interior.

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