Maigret and the Burglar's Wife

Maigret and the Burglar's Wife (French: Maigret et la Grande Perche) is a 1951 detective novel by the Belgian writer Georges Simenon featuring his character Jules Maigret.[1] Maigret is spurred into action by a visit from a burglar's wife, whom he had known well many years before. She informs him that a few nights previously her husband had been in the act of burgling a house when he discovered a dead body on the floor. Horrified, he had fled the scene, and then left the country - writing to his wife by letter. Maigret is inclined to investigate a prominent dentist, who lives with his domineering mother, and has a wife who has apparently "gone away on holiday" - although Maigret knows he can prove nothing unless he can find the body.

Maigret and the Burglar's Wife
First edition
AuthorGeorges Simenon
Original titleMaigret et la grande perche
LanguageFrench
SeriesInspector Jules Maigret
GenreDetective fiction
PublisherPresses de la Cité
Publication date
1951
Published in English
1956
Media typePrint
Preceded byMaigret Takes a Room 
Followed byMaigret, Lognon and the Gangsters 

It was translated into English and released in the United Kingdom in 1956.

Adaptations

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It has been adapted several times for television. In 1992 it was made into an episode of an ITV Maigret series.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Inspector Maigret and the Burglar's Wife (Inspector Maigret) by Georges Simenon". Archived from the original on 2011-05-25. Retrieved 2009-05-05.
  2. ^ "Maigret and the Burglar's Wife". IMDb.com. Retrieved 22 December 2018.