Three vintage Maigret novels by legendary mystery author Georges Simenon One of the world as most successful crime writers, Georges Simenon has thrilled mystery lovers since 1931 with his matchless creation Inspector Maigret. In "My Friend Maigret," Inspector Maigret investigates the murder of a small-time crook on a Mediterranean island. Told in Simenonas spare, unsentimental prose, "Inspector Cadaver" is a haunting exploration of provincial hypocrisy and snobbery, in which Maigret encounters a rival sleuth from his past. In "Maigret and the Man on the Boulevard," Simenonas tenacious detective pieces together the life of a man who for three years lived a secret lifeauntil he is found stabbed to death in an alleyway.