Query: Georges Simenon novels that are not detective novels.
Domain: books
Relevant documents:
The Night Club (novel)
The Man on the Bench in the Barn
The Strangers in the House
The Little Man from Archangel
The Watchmaker of Everton
The Man Who Watched the Trains Go By (novel)
The Prison (novel)
Strange Inheritance (novel)
The Cat (novel)
Les Fiançailles de M. Hire
Red Lights (novel)
Young Cardinaud
The Bottom of the Bottle (novel)
Pedigree (novel)
Evidence from documents: The Night Club (novel): '''''The Night Club''''' is a novel by the Belgian writer Georges Simenon. The original French version ''L'Âne Rouge'' appeared in 1933; the English translation was first published in 1979.
The Man on the Bench in the Barn: '''''The Man on the Bench in the Barn''''' is a novel by the Belgian writer Georges Simenon. The original French version ''La Main'' ("The Hand") appeared in 1968. The novel is among his ''romans durs'', a term roughly translated as hard, or harrowing, novels; it was used by Simenon for what he regarded as his serious literary works.
The Strangers in the House: Georges Simenon novels: a novel by Belgian author Georges Simenon.
that are not detective novels.: After his wife left him and their young daughter in favor of another man, Hector Loursat gave up on almost everything in life. Throwing away his law career in favor of alcoholism and reading, Hector paid little attention to his daughter Nicole, unsure if he was even her true father. As such, he was largely unaware of her life until he hears someone fire a gun within the house. Upon investigating Hector discovers a man dead in one of the bedrooms. Nicole, now a teenager, and her friends brought him home after hitting them with their car, only for one of the group to murder him. The authorities believe the killer to be Nicole's boyfriend Emile and quickly charge him.


To the surprise of some, Hector takes up Emile's defence, as he ultimately believes the young man to be innocent.
The Little Man from Archangel: Georges Simenon novels: '''''The Little Man from Archangel''''', (original title ''Le Petit Homme d'Arkhangelsk''), first published in English by Hamish Hamilton in 1957, is a novel by Georges Simenon.
that are not detective novels.: Left in an unnamed town in Berry by his Jewish parents, who returned to Soviet Russia and oblivion, the timid Jonas Milk lives quietly above his second-hand bookshop and also deals in rare stamps. He feels at home amongst the other small businesses in the town, until he marries his maid, a much younger woman with a bad reputation and converts to Catholicism.
The Watchmaker of Everton: '''''The Watchmaker of Everton''''' is a novel by the Belgian writer Georges Simenon. The original French version ''L'horloger d'Everton'' appeared in 1954. This novel and ''Red Lights'', both translated by Norman Denny, were published together in 1955 by Hamish Hamilton as ''Danger Ahead''.
The Man Who Watched the Trains Go By (novel): '''''The Man Who Watched the Trains Go By''''', first published in English in 1938, is a crime thriller by Georges Simenon about a man's rapid descent into criminality and madness following sudden financial ruination.
The Prison (novel): ''''The Prison''''' (French ''La prison'') is a 1968 novel by Georges Simenon. The ''dur'' tale of a husband informed by the police that his wife has shot her sister, the novel takes similar themes to Simenon's domestic crisis novels ''Lettre à mon juge'' and ''La Main''.
Strange Inheritance (novel): '''''Strange Inheritance''''' or '''''The Traveller on All Saints' Day''''' (French: '''''Le voyageur de la Toussaint''''') is a 1941 mystery novel by the Belgian writer Georges Simenon.
The Cat (novel): The work bears elements of psychological fiction and black comedy.
Les Fiançailles de M. Hire: '''''Les Fiançailles de M. Hire''''' (''Monsieur Hire's Engagement'') is a short novel by Belgian writer Georges Simenon.
Red Lights (novel): '''''Feux rouges''''' (''Red Lights'') is the title of a short novel by Belgian writer Georges Simenon.
Young Cardinaud: '''''Young Cardinaud''''' (French: '''''Le Fils Cardinaud''''') is a 1942 novel by the French-based Belgian writer Georges Simenon.
In 1956 it was adapted into the film ''Blood to the Head'' directed by Gilles Grangier and starring Jean Gabin and Claude Sylvain.
The Bottom of the Bottle (novel): '''''The Bottom of the Bottle''''' is a novel by the Belgian writer Georges Simenon.
Pedigree (novel): It presents a fictionalised account of the author's childhood in Liège, Belgium, from the start of the twentieth century to the end of World War I.