These Maigret books are as timeless as Paris itself. -The Washington Post Maigret ranks with Holmes and Poirot in the pantheon of fictional detective immortals. -People Simenon created one of the great moral detectives . . . a master of the slow unfolding of the criminal mind. -John Mortimer A writer who, more than any other crime novelist, combined a high literary reputation with popular appeal. -P. D. James Simenon created some of the most enduring and compelling works of the twentieth century. -Iain Pears