Maigret Goes To School by Georges Simenon — wine-infused detection
Maigret Goes To School was a disappointment. It’s the 44th book in the Inspector Maigret series and I do wonder
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French authors
#1954Club: She Who Was No More by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac
She Who Was No More was the first psychological thriller from the writing duo of Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac
Read moreFear by Gabriel Chevallier — indictment of “heroic” warfare
The decades following the end of World War 1 saw a boom in publication of war literature and memoirs as survivors
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Maigret In Court by Georges Simenon – the essence of justice?
NovellasinNovember provided the perfect opportunity to renew my acquaintance with Georges Simenon’s pipe-smoking French detective, Commissaire Jules Maigret. First published
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Pot Luck by Emile Zola — the stench of hypocrisy
Adulterers, hypocrites, snobs. Emile Zola’s Pot Luckreveals the secret world of the middle-class inhabitants of a Parisienne apartment block, showing
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