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A brilliant new translation of one of Simenon's best loved masterpieces. 'A certain furtive, almost shameful emotion...disturbed him whenever he saw a train go by, a night train especially, its blinds drawn down on the mystery of its passengers.' Kees Popinga is a respectable Dutch citizen and family man. Then he discovers that his boss has bankrupted the shipping firm he works for - and something snaps.

When a school teacher from a small coastal town near La Rochelle asks Maigret to help prove he is innocent of murder, the Inspector returns with him to his insular community and finds the residents closing ranks to conceal the truth.

A new translation of Simenon's gripping novel about lives transformed by deceit and the destructive power of lust. It was all real: himself, the room, Andrée still lying on the ravaged bed. For Tony and Andrée, there are no rules when they meet in the blue room at the Hôtel des Voyageurs. Their adulterous affair is intoxicating, passionate - and dangerous. Soon it turns into a nightmare from which there can be no escape.

Maigret receives an anonymous phone call concerning the brutal murder of a woman and young child. The tip off concerns the woman's nephew, a mild-mannered man by the name of Gaston Meurant. Maigret remains unconvinced of the man's guilt and at his trial exposes some shocking truths about Meurant's private life that may prove his innocence.

Ein besetztes Land im Zweiten Weltkrieg. Der Winter will kein Ende nehmen. Frank wächst als Sohn einer Prostituierten auf. Der 18-Jährige ist ein Kind seiner Zeit, geprägt von Täuschung und Verrat, nach Erfahrungen hungernd. Aus reiner Langeweile wird er zum Mörder. Als er schließlich begreift, was er getan hat, und mit sich selbst ins Gericht geht, ist es zu spät. Ein großer, unerbittlicher Roman über die Frage, wie das Böse in die Welt kommt. Meisterlich entwirft Simenon eine Welt, in der die Regeln des menschlichen Miteinanders außer Kraft gesetzt sind.

Émile Maugin, famoso e venerato attore, un giorno apprende di non avere più tanto tempo davanti a sé. Tracotante e scorbutico, è abituato a bistrattare colleghi e famigliari e non perde occasione per rivangare la sua infanzia cupa e infelice. Dedito al bere, sfacciato con le donne, vive in realtà in una fuga senza fine, rimpiangendo una pace interiore mai raggiunta, una casa con le persiane verdi.

Die Krulls kommen aus Deutschland, im Norden Frankreichs betreiben sie eine kleine Kneipe. Trotz Einbürgerung bleiben sie fremd, trotz all ihrer Bemühungen, sich zu integrieren. Als der unangepasste Vetter Hans anreist, spitzt sich die Lage zu. Er zieht den Hass der Gemeinschaft auf sich, und die Krulls geraten weiter ins Abseits. Als die Leiche einer jungen Frau gefunden wird, fällt der Verdacht auf die Krulls. Vor ihrem Haus beginnt sich der Mob zusammenzurotten.

Da den lusede og besynderlige eksistens Maurice Dudon bliver ramt af en bil ændrer hans liv sig radikalt. Føreren af bilen betaler hans ophold på en klinik, hvor han kan blive behandlet og restituere. Her møder han Anne-Marie, en charmerende sygeplejerske, som han senere gifter sig med. Sammen med hende står Maurice på tærsklen til et helt nyt liv. Men at flygte fra sin gamle tilværelse viser sig ikke at være problemfrit og snart bliver han indhentet af gammel skyldfølelse. Georges Simenon (1903 - 1989), belgisk forfatter.

People find Mr Hire strange, disconcerting. The tenants he shares his building with try to avoid him. He is a Peeping Tom, a visitor of prostitutes, a dealer in unsavoury literature. He is also the prime suspect for a brutal murder that he did not commit. Yet Mr Hire's innocence will not stand in the way of those looking for a scapegoat as tragedy unfolds in this quietly devastating and deeply unnerving audiobook.

Tony und André sind verheiratet, aber nicht miteinander. Sie kennen sich seit ihrer Kindheit, seit gut einem Jahr treffen sie sich im Hôtel des Voyageurs, in ihrem "blauen Zimmer". Hier gibt es keine Regeln, ihre Leidenschaft kennt keine Grenzen. Tony merkt nicht, dass ihn diese schöne Frau, die ihm früher immer kalt, hochmütig und unnahbar vorgekommen war, haben will - und zwar ganz. Bald schon verwandelt sich die Affäre in einen Albtraum, aus dem es kein Entrinnen gibt. Nach einem verhängnisvollen Treffen im August muss sich Tony vor einem Untersuchungsrichter erklären.

Nineteen-year-old Frank - thug, thief, son of a brothel owner - gets by surprisingly well despite living in a city under military occupation, but a warm house and a full stomach are not enough to make him feel truly alive in such a climate of deceit and betrayal. During a bleak, unending winter, he embarks on a string of violent and sordid crimes that set him on a path from which he can never return. Georges Simenon's matchless novel is a brutal, compelling portrayal of a world without pity; a devastating journey through a psychological no-man's land.

'I had begun, God knows why, tearing a corner off of everyday truth, begun seeing myself in another kind of mirror, and now the whole of the old, more or less comfortable truth was falling to pieces.' Confident and successful, New York advertising executive Ray Sanders takes what he wants from life. When he goes missing in a snowstorm in Connecticut one evening, his closest friend begins to reassess his loyalties, gambling with Ray's fate and his own future.

When Maigret's .45 revolver is stolen from his home, he becomes embroiled in a murder in which the gun may have played a deadly role. Maigret is the victim of a burglary in which the .45 revolver he had received as a gift from the FBI is stolen. That evening Maigret attends a dinner where François Lagrange, an acquaintance of Maigret's friend, is expected but fails to appear due to ill health. Following his instincts, Maigret decides to investigate Lagrange's absence and uncovers a body stowed in a trunk....

The first English publication of Georges Simenon's compelling novel about summer escape and elusive obsessions. 'The island itself. Its throbbing heat as if in a bell jar under the sun, the scorpion in his son's bed, the deafening sound of cicadas.' During his first holiday on the island of Porquerolles, Dr Mahé caught a glimpse of something irresistible. As the memory continues to haunt him, he falls prey to a delusion that may offer an escape from his conventional existence - or may destroy him.