Penguin Random House South Africa

Categories: Crime & Thrillers, Fiction, International Fiction, Adult, New Releases
ISBN: 9780241788271
Published: November 2025
Page Extent: 240
Format: Paperback
RRP 275.00

Maigret’s Dead Man

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About the book

'The father of contemporary European detective fiction' Ann Cleeves

A series of mysterious phone calls lures Inspector Maigret into a network of dangerous criminals in this classic novel featuring Simenon's literary legend

It seems like a hoax when Inspector Maigret receives a series of strange phone calls from a terrified man claiming he is being followed - and that his life is at risk. But that night, the man is found dead in the Place de la Concorde. To catch the killer, Maigret must delve into his dead man's life - and into the murky Parisian underworld.

Translated by David Coward

Other titles in this collection include: Maigret's Holiday, Maigret Sets a Trap, Maigret Defends Himself, Maigret's Doubts, Maigret's Pickpocket,...

About the Author

Georges Simenon

Georges Simenon

Georges Simenon was born in Liège, Belgium, in 1903. An intrepid traveller with a profound interest in people, Simenon strove on and off the page to understand, rather than to judge, the human condition in all its shades. His novels include the Inspector Maigret series and a richly varied body of wider work united by its evocative power, its economy of means, and its penetrating psychological insight. He is among the most widely read writers in the global canon. He died in 1989 in Lausanne, Switzerland, where he had lived for the latter part of his life.

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David Coward

David Coward

David Coward is Emeritus Professor of French at the University of Leeds and has translated many books from French for Penguin Classics.

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