''The father of contemporary European detective fiction'' Ann Cleeves

An omnibus edition containing four titles featuring Inspector Maigret: The Saint-Fiacre Affair (where Maigret goes back to the place of his birth), The Misty Harbour (where Maigret is left tied up on a rainy quayside all night), Maigret (where Maigret comes back from retirement) and The Judge's House (where Maigret is exiled to a mussel farming community).

Penguin is publishing the entire series of Maigret novels.

''Compelling, remorseless, brilliant'' John Gray

''One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . Simenon was unequalled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories''

Guardian

''A supreme writer . . . unforgettable vividness''

Independent