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Coming on June 2nd on Blu-ray in the US from @kinolorber.com: #JeanGabin as #InspectorMaigret Collection (1958-1963)!

This three-film collection features screen great Jean Gabin (Touchez pas au grisbi) as Georges Simenon’s legendary, pipe-smoking sleuth. Maigret Sets a Trap:

Book cover: “Le Charretier de la Providence” by Georges Simenon (1931); trans. David Coward (as ‘The Carter of La Providence’); audiobook read by Gareth Armstrong (Bolinda, 2015)

While Maigret’s second outing works as a period piece, affording a dismal though not unkind picture of those who navigated boats through the French canals and locks in the early 1930s, his brooding personality plays little role in shaping the (non-event) investigation. #InspectorMaigret

Maigret Afraid by Simenon (Georges Joseph Christian Simenon) (Hamish Hamilton Ltd., 1961). Cover Art by P. Youngman Carter. #MaigretAfraid #Simenon #GeorgesSimenon #1960s #book #books #cover #coverart #artwork #CrimeThriller #MYSTERY #thriller #thrillers #PYoungmanCarter #InspectorMaigret

Maigret And The Lazy Burglar by Simenon (Hamish Hamilton Ltd., 1963). Cover Art by Youngman Carter. #MaigretAndTheLazyBurglar #Simenon #GeorgesSimenon #InspectorMaigret #1960s #book #books #cover #coverart #artwork #crime #MYSTERY #thrillers #thriller #YoungmanCarter #dustjacket #dustwrapper

Started and finished the fourth of #GeorgesSimenon's #InspectorMaigret series, The Hanged Man of Saint-Pholien!
It's not a long book, but it carries a great mystery and real gut-punch of a resolution