Inspector Maigret Mysteries: A Man's Head (Paperback)

from stubbyfingers

Perhaps I just wasn't in the right frame of mind for a mystery, but I found this book to be terribly dull. It was rather obvious who was behind the murder, but it didn't matter because I didn't care. Thank goodness this was only 150 pages long!

from ffortsa

A nice reminder of the series, in a new somewhat square-shaped printing. Simenon puts his career on the line to tempt a confession from an unusual murderer. I think this was a fairly early title, because some of the regulars are described repeatedly as young men.

from smik

Maigret puts his career on the line when he arranges the escape from prison of a convicted murderer on the night before his execution. The prisoner has been not able to tell the authorities anything other than protest his innocence. Maigret is hoping he will lead them to the real murderer. But i...

from dougwood57

Although not strictly speaking one of Georges Simenon's "psychological novels", Maigret's War of Nerves nonetheless explores the psychology of several characters. Detective Maigret arranges the `escape' from prison of a convicted killer that he helped put away in the first place. Maigret had beco...

from dougwood57

Although not strictly speaking one of Georges Simenon's "psychological novels", Maigret's War of Nerves nonetheless explores the psychology of several characters. Detective Maigret arranges the `escape' from prison of a convicted killer that he helped put away in the first place. Maigret had beco...