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Maigret in New York: Inspector Maigret #27 by Georges Simenon 9780241206362
RRP: $17.53Booksplease Price: $15.31'Compelling, remorseless, brilliant' John Gray What was it about him that had struck Maigret so forcefully? . . . Little John had cold eyes! . . . Four or five times in his life, he had met people... -
Maigret's Dead Man: Inspector Maigret #29 by Georges Simenon 9780241206379
RRP: $17.53Booksplease Price: $15.31'Compelling, remorseless, brilliant' John Gray Maigret plunges into the murky Parisian underworld in book twenty-nine of the new Penguin Maigret series.'That shoeless foot looked incongruous lying... -
The Flemish House: Inspector Maigret #14 by Georges Simenon
RRP: $17.53Booksplease Price: $15.31'The father of contemporary European detective fiction' Ann Cleeves She wasn't an ordinary supplicant. She didn't lower her eyes. There was nothing humble about her bearing. She spoke frankly,... -
Maigret and the Old People: Inspector Maigret #56 by Georges Simenon
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $15.31'His artistry is supreme' John Banville'He had seldom been so perplexed by human beings. Would a psychiatrist, a teacher or a novelist...have been better placed to understand characters who had... -
Maigret in Court: Inspector Maigret #55 by Georges Simenon
RRP: $17.53Booksplease Price: $13.01'His artistry is supreme' John BanvilleThey suddenly found themselves in an impersonal world, where everyday words no longer seemed to mean anything, where the most mundane details were translated... -
Maigret Gets Angry: Inspector Maigret #26 by Georges Simenon 9780141397320
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $15.31'Compelling, remorseless, brilliant' John Gray All that was still unclear, for sure. Ernest Malik had been right when he had looked at Maigret with a smile that was a mixture of sarcasm and... -
The Two-Penny Bar: Inspector Maigret #11 by Georges Simenon
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $15.31'The father of contemporary European detective fiction' Ann Cleeves 'A radiant late afternoon. The sunshine almost as thick as syrup in the quiet streets of the Left Bank . . .there are days like... -
The Saint-Fiacre Affair: Inspector Maigret #13 by Georges Simenon
RRP: $17.53Booksplease Price: $15.31'The father of contemporary European detective fiction' Ann Cleeves Maigret savoured the sensations of his youth again: the cold, stinging eyes, frozen fingertips, an aftertaste of coffee. Then,... -
Liberty Bar: Inspector Maigret #17 by Georges Simenon
RRP: $17.53Booksplease Price: $15.31'The father of contemporary European detective fiction' Ann Cleeves It had a smell of holidays. The previous evening, in Cannes harbour, with the setting sun, had also had the smell of holidays,... -
Felicie: Inspector Maigret #25 by Georges Simenon
RRP: $17.53Booksplease Price: $15.31'Compelling, remorseless, brilliant' John Gray In his mind's eye he would see that slim figure in the striking clothes, those wide eyes the colour of forget-me-not, the pert nose and especially the... -
Insult and the Making of the Gay Self by Didier Eribon 9780822332862
RRP: $202.80Booksplease Price: $163.70A bestseller in France following its publication in 1999, Insult and the Making of the Gay Self is an extraordinary set of reflections on "the gay question" by Didier Eribon, one of France's foremost... -
Maigret's Holiday: Inspector Maigret #28 by Georges Simenon
RRP: $17.53Booksplease Price: $15.31'Compelling, remorseless, brilliant' John Gray 'At what point in the day could the note have been slipped into his pocket, his left breast pocket?It was an ordinary sheet of glazed squared paper,... -
Maigret and the Minister: Inspector Maigret #46 by Georges Simenon
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $15.50'His artistry is supreme' John Banville 'Once alone in his office, he went over and opened the window as if being in charge of this case made him gasp for a breath of fresh air... It made him feel... -
Maigret and the Ghost: Inspector Maigret #62 Georges Simenon 9780241304037
RRP: $17.53Booksplease Price: $15.50'Compelling, remorseless, brilliant' John Gray It wasn't a traditional painter's smock that Madam Jonker was wearing. It was more a Dominican's monk's habit, the fabric as thick and soft as a... -
Maigret Goes to School: Inspector Maigret #44 by Georges Simenon
RRP: $17.53Booksplease Price: $13.01'His artistry is supreme' John Banville'What was he doing there? A hundred times, in the middle of an investigation, he'd had the same feeling of helplessness or, rather, futility. He would find... -
Maigret at Picratt's: Inspector Maigret #36 by Georges Simenon 9780241240281
RRP: $17.53Booksplease Price: $15.31'Compelling, remorseless, brilliant' John Gray 'He opened the door for her and watched her walk away down the huge corridor, then hesitate at the top of the stairs. Heads turned as she passed. You... -
Maigret at the Coroner's: Inspector Maigret #32 by Georges Simenon 9780241206812
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $15.50'Compelling, remorseless, brilliant' John Gray The FBI man was convinced, in short, that Maigret was a big shot in his own country but that here, in the United States, he was incapable of figuring... -
Madame Maigret's Friend: Inspector Maigret #34 by Georges Simenon 9780241240168
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $15.50'Compelling, remorseless, brilliant' John Gray When he got to his door, he was surprised not to hear any noise in the kitchen and not to smell any food. He went in, crossed the dining room, where... -
Insult and the Making of the Gay Self by Didier Eribon
RRP: $48.73Booksplease Price: $42.82A bestseller in France following its publication in 1999, Insult and the Making of the Gay Self is an extraordinary set of reflections on "the gay question" by Didier Eribon, one of France's foremost... -
The Cellars of the Majestic: Inspector Maigret #21 by Georges Simenon
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $15.50'Compelling, remorseless, brilliant' John Gray 'Try to imagine a guest, a wealthy woman, staying at the Majestic with her husband, her son, a nurse and a governess . . . In a suite that costs more... -
The Hanged Man of Saint-Pholien: Inspector Maigret #3 by Georges Simenon 9780141393452
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $15.50'Compelling, remorseless, brilliant' John Gray A first ink drawing showed a hanged man swinging from a gallows on which perched an enormous crow. And there were at least twenty other etchings and... -
Palimpsest: A Memoir by Gore Vidal 9780349147154
RRP: $29.23Booksplease Price: $20.48Vidal on Vidal - a great and supremely entertaining writer on a great and endlessly fascinating subjectPalimpsest is Gore Vidal's account of the first thirty-nine years of his life as a novelist,... -
The Late Monsieur Gallet: Inspector Maigret #2 by Georges Simenon
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $15.50The second book in the new Penguin Maigret series: Georges Simenon's devastating tale of misfortune, betrayal and the weakness of family ties, in a new translation by Anthea Bell.Instead of the... -
The Yellow Dog: Inspector Maigret #5 by Georges Simenon
RRP: $19.48Booksplease Price: $14.25The fifth book in the new Penguin Maigret series: Georges Simenon's gripping tale of small town suspicion and revenge, in Linda Asher's timeless translation.There was an exaggerated humility about... -
Mr Hire's Engagement by Georges Simenon
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $15.50Georges Simenon's chilling portrayal of tragic love, persecution and betrayal.'One sensed in him neither flesh nor bone, nothing but soft, flaccid matter, so much so that his movements were hard to... -
The Judge's House: Inspector Maigret #22 by Georges Simenon
RRP: $17.53Booksplease Price: $15.31'Compelling, remorseless, brilliant' John Gray He went out, lit his pipe and walked slowly to the harbour. He could hear scurrying footsteps behind him. The sea was becoming swollen. The beams of... -
The Carter of 'La Providence': Inspector Maigret #4 by Georges Simenon
RRP: $17.53Booksplease Price: $13.75'Compelling, remorseless, brilliant' John Gray What was the woman doing here? In a stable, wearing pearl earrings, her stylish bracelet and white buckskin shoes! She must have been alive when she... -
A Man's Head: Inspector Maigret #9 by Georges Simenon
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $15.31'The father of contemporary European detective fiction' Ann Cleeves 'Let's be clear that it's not your professionalism which I question. If you understand nothing, and I mean absolutely nothing,... -
Maigret: Inspector Maigret #19 by Georges Simenon
RRP: $19.48Booksplease Price: $14.25'The father of contemporary European detective fiction' Ann Cleeves Maigret shrugged his shoulders, buried his hands in his pockets and went off without answering. He had just spent one of the... -
The Dancer at the Gai-Moulin: Inspector Maigret #10 by Georges Simenon
RRP: $17.53Booksplease Price: $13.75The city of Simenon's youth comes to life in this new translation of this disturbing novel set in Liege, book ten in the new Penguin Maigret series.In the darkness, the main room is as vast as a... -
The Shadow Puppet: Inspector Maigret #12 by Georges Simenon
RRP: $17.53Booksplease Price: $13.75A new translation of this gripping domestic tragedy, set in Simenon's very own neighbourhood.One by one the lighted windows went dark. The silhouette of the dead man could still be seen through the... -
The Misty Harbour: Inspector Maigret #16 by Georges Simenon
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $15.31'The father of contemporary European detective fiction' Ann Cleeves A man picked up for wandering in obvious distress among the cars and buses on the Grands Boulevards. Questioned in French, he... -
Lock No. 1: Inspector Maigret #18 by Georges Simenon
RRP: $17.53Booksplease Price: $13.01'The father of contemporary European detective fiction' Ann Cleeves Cars drove past along with the trucks and trams, but by now Maigret had realised that they were not important. Whatever roared... -
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The Misty Harbour: Inspector Maigret #16 by Georges Simenon 9780141394794 [USED COPY]
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $8.29'The father of contemporary European detective fiction' Ann Cleeves A man picked up for wandering in obvious distress among the cars and buses on the Grands Boulevards. Questioned in French, he... -
Signed, Picpus: Inspector Maigret #23 by Georges Simenon
RRP: $17.53Booksplease Price: $15.31'Compelling, remorseless, brilliant' John Gray A small, thin man, rather dull to look at, neither young nor old, exuding the stale smell of a bachelor who does not look after himself. He pulls his... -
The Thirteenth Tale: A haunting tale of secrets and stories Diane Setterfield 9781409192954
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $12.42'Simply brilliant' Kate Mosse, international bestselling author of Labyrinth***Everybody has a story...Angelfield House stands abandoned and forgotten. It was once home to the March family:... -
Coco at the Ritz: A Novel by Gioia Diliberto 9781639365814
RRP: $25.33Booksplease Price: $17.24A riveting and prismatic novel of the eternally enigmatic Coco Chanel in the aftermath of World War II.Though her name is synonymous with elegance and chic, the iconic Coco Chanel had a complicated... -
Jacques Schiffrin: A Publisher in Exile, from Pleiade to Pantheon by Amos Reichman
RRP: $48.75Booksplease Price: $41.44Jacques Schiffrin changed the face of publishing in the twentieth century. As the founder of Les Editions de la Pleiade in Paris and cofounder of Pantheon Books in New York, he helped define a... -
The Magnificent Lies of Madeleine Bejart by Richard Goodkin 9798887198446
RRP: $51.75Booksplease Price: $39.53The Magnificent Lies of Madeleine Bejart transports readers to 17th-century France, a time when the stage was as full of intrigue as the lives of those who performed on it.At the heart of this richly... -
Stranger Than Fiction: Lives of the Twentieth-Century Novel Edwin Frank 9781911717201
RRP: $48.75Booksplease Price: $38.08A legendary editor's survey of the twentieth-century novel and how it shaped the fiction of the future'Edwin Frank's masterly account of the novel gone modern and the modern gone global is a critical...