A MAIGRET CHRISTMAS: AND OTHER STORIES

THE CARTER OF LA PROVIDENCE

Inspector Maigret is standing in the pouring rain by a canal. A well-dressed woman, Mary Lampson, has been found strangled in a stable nearby. Why did her glamorous, hedonistic life come to such a brutal end here? Surely her taciturn husband Sir Walter knows - or maybe the answers lie with the crew of the barge La Providence...

THE FLEMISH HOUSE

Maigret is asked to the windswept, rainy border town of Givet by a young woman desperate to clear her family of murder. But their well-kept shop, the sleepy community and its raging river all hide their own mysteries.

THE FRIEND OF MADAME MAIGRET

In the street a stranger thrusts a child into Madame Maigret's arms and doesn't return for some time. Maigret is investigating the case of a Flemish bookseller accused of burning a body in his furnace. Glad of a distraction, he investigates his wife's incident, but the answers may help with his own case.

THE GRAND BANKS CAFE

Sailors don't talk much to other men, especially not to policemen. But after Captain Fallut's body is found floating near his trawler, they all mention the Evil Eye. To discover the truth about his doomed expedition, Maigret enters a remote, murky world where fierce loyalties hide sordid deeds.

THE HANGED MAN OF SAINT-PHOLIEN

On a trip to Brussels, Maigret unwittingly causes a man's suicide, but his own remorse is overshadowed by the discovery of the sordid events that drove the desperate man to shoot himself.

PIETR THE LATVIAN

In Simenon's first novel featuring Maigret, the laconic detective is taken from grimy bars to luxury hotels as he traces the true identity of criminal mastermind, Pietr the Latvian.

THE SAINT-FIACRE AFFAIR

The last time Maigret went home to the village of his birth was for his father's funeral. Now an anonymous note predicting a crime during All Souls' Day mass draws him back there, where troubling memories resurface and hidden vices are revealed.

THE STAIN ON THE SNOW

Frank Friedmaier is a nineteen year old thief, pimp and murderer. He has never known his father and his mother runs a brothel. A remorseless obsession with self torture lurks within his mind. Simenon explores the intricate psychology of the young criminal.

THE YELLOW DOG

In the windswept seaside town of Concarneau, a local wine merchant is shot. In fact, someone is out to kill all the influential men and the entire town is soon sent into a state of panic. For Maigret, the answers lie with the pale, downtrodden waitress Emma, and a strange yellow dog lurking in the shadows...