Maigret's Rival
Maigret's Rival
Publisher Hamish Hamilton
Genre: Crime
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Maigret has gone to Saint-Aubin unofficially as a personal favour to the examining magistrate Brejon. Apparently a local youth , Albert Retailleau, had been run over by a train, drunk no doubt, but unfortunately malicious rumours were circulating and anonymous letters had been sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions to the effect that Brejon's brother-in-law, Etienne Naud, had murdered Albert, and that Genevieve, Naud's daughter, had been his mistress.
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About the Author
Georges Simenon
Georges Simenon was a Belgian writer. A prolific author who published nearly 500 novels and numerous short works, Simenon is best known as the creator of the fictional detective Jules Maigret.
Simenon's first novel, Au Pont des Arches, was written in June 1919 and published in 1921 under his "G. Sim" pseudonym. Writing as "Monsieur Le Coq", he also published more than 800 humorous pieces between November 1919 and December 1922.
From 1921 to 1934 he used a total of 17 pen names while writing 358 novels and short stories.
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