num_pages: 326
description: Includes:Maigret's Christmas --Seven little crosses in a notebook --Maigret and the surly inspector --The evidence of the altar-boy --The most obstinate customer in the world --Death of a nobody --Sale by auction --The man in the street --Maigret in retirement.Nine short stories make up this delightful holiday-themed collection, each featuring Georges Simenon's famous detective, Jules Maigret. Christmas mysteries abound: an otherwise sensible little girl insists that she has seen Father Christmas, a statement alarming to her neighbors, Monsieur and Madame Maigret. Then, a choirboy helps the inspector solve a crime while he lies in bed with a cold; another boy, pursued by a criminal, ingeniously leaves a trail to help Maigret track him. Many of these stories feature observant and resourceful children, frightened yet resolute, who bring out a paternal streak in the childless Maigret. The rapport between the inspector and these youthful heroes imparts a delightful freshness to this holiday collection-a cornucopia for fans of Maigret and mysteries.
language: English
title: Maigret's Christmas: Nine stories
titlecomplete: Maigret's Christmas: Nine stories
characters: Jules Maigret, Louise Maigret, André Lucas, Albert Janvier, Torrence (The Man in the Street)
genres: Crime, Christmas, France, Holiday, Short Stories, Fiction, Mystery
ratings_count: 343
places: Paris
publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich