Maigret Sets a Trap

Product Description <br/>With a serial killer on the loose in Paris, Maigret must outsmart the killer before he can strike again. The inspiration for ITV's feature-length adaptation starring Rowan Atkinson and the forty-eighth book in the new Penguin Maigret series.<br/> Detective Chief Inspector Maigret is known for his infallible instinct, for getting at the truth no matter how complex the case. But when someone starts killing women on the streets of Montmartre, leaving nary a clue and the city’s police force at a loss, he finds himself confounded. In the sweltering Paris summer heat, with the terrified city in a state of siege, Maigret hatches a plan to lure the murderer out.<br/> Review <br/>“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.” —<br/>The Guardian (London)<br/><br/> “I love reading Simenon. He makes me think of Chekhov.” —William Faulkner<br/>  <br/> “The greatest of all, the most genuine novelist we have had in literature.” — André Gide<br/>  <br/> “A supreme writer . . . unforgettable vividness.” —<br/>The Independent (London)<br/>  <br/> “Superb . . . the most addictive of writers . . . a unique teller of tales.” —<br/>The Observer (London)<br/>  <br/> “Compelling, remorseless, brilliant.” —John Gray<br/>  <br/> “A truly wonderful writer . . . marvellously readable—lucid, simple, absolutely in tune with the work he creates.” —Muriel Spark<br/>  <br/> “A novelist who entered his fictional world as if he were a part of it.” —Peter Ackroyd<br/>  <br/> “Extraordinary masterpieces of the twentieth century.” —John Banville<br/> From the Back Cover <br/><br/>"Marvellously evoke[s] the sounds, the smells,<br/>the colour and the raucous life of European bars,<br/>ports and cities."-P. D . JAMES<br/><br/><br/>IT I S A H OT and steamy summer, and Maigret is hatching a plan to capture<br/>a serial murderer by playing on the killer's perverse vanity. He finally<br/>succeeds when an important clue leads him to a trio of suspects. But the<br/>three are entangled in a web of guilt and possessiveness so tight that the<br/>unraveling nearly exhausts the Inspector-until, at last, he discovers the tortured<br/>motives behind the murders.<br/><br/> "Captivating."-T H E N E W YO R K T I M E S B O O K RE V I E W<br/><br/>G E O R G E S S I M E N O N (1903-1989) was born in Liège, Belgium. He published his<br/>first novel at seventeen and went on to write more than two hundred novels, becoming<br/>one of the world's most prolific and bestselling authors. His books have sold more<br/>than 500 million copies and have been translated into fifty languages.<br/><br/><br/> From the Publisher <br/>5 1-hour cassettes<br/> About the Author <br/>Georges Simenon (1903–1989) was born in Liège, Belgium. He is best known in the English-speaking world as the author of the Inspector Maigret books. His prolific output of more than four hundred novels and short stories has made him a household name in continental Europe.<br/> From AudioFile <br/>Five perfectly ordinary women living in the same district are murdered; Maigret sets a trap using his fellow police officers. It's often said that one reads Maigret for Maigret, not for the story. That being the case, Sachs has struck just the right note for this aging and weary police inspector. The chief problem here is that there isn't much variation in the minor characters, making it difficult to differentiate among them or to figure out who's speaking. However, Sachs handles the narrative very well. He says proper names in a French accent in deference to the Paris setting, and his briskly clipped tone handles them easily. His pacing is steady, reflecting the matter-of-fact tone of police procedures. S.F. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine