Pietr-le-Letton

, #1

by

190 pages

français language

Published 2003 by Librairie Générale Française.

ISBN:
978-2-253-14294-2
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Pietr le Letton, première enquête officielle du commissaire Maigret, fut aussi le premier roman que Simenon signa de son patronyme en 1931.

Jumeaux et escroquerie... La police internationale signale l'arrivée à Paris du célèbre escroc Pietr-le-Letton. Maigret le file dès sa descente du rapide L'Etoile-du-Nord. Mais alors que le suspect se rend à l'hôtel Majestic, on découvre dans le train un cadavre qui est son sosie. Tandis que Pietr prend de mystérieux contacts avec un milliardaire américain, M. Mortimer-Levingston, l'enquête sur le meurtre conduit Maigret à Fécamp, où il l'aperçoit, sortant de la villa d'une certaine Mme Swaan

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reviewed Pietr-le-Letton by Georges Simenon (Inspector Maigret, #1)

First Maigret novel

I don’t usually have an appetite for detective novels, but I was nonetheless curious to read the first novel in the Inspector Maigret series. While the plot of Pietr-le-Letton (1931) is meagre, featuring a caricatural villain from outside France, I enjoyed the atmosphere created by Georges Simenon, his play with identity and deception, as well as the streets of Paris in the background. It’s funny to realise that rue du Roi de Sicile was considered a bad area not even that long ago.

Since I previously appreciated Le train, I’ll stick to the author’s ‘romans durs’ next time.

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  • Jules Maigret (Fictitious character)
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  • Paris (france), fiction
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  • Fiction, mystery & detective, police procedural
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