Albert Préjean
Le commissaire Maigret
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Cecile Is Dead (French: Cécile est morte!) is a 1944 French crime film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Albert Préjean, Santa Relli and Germaine Kerjean. It is based on the 1942 novel of the same title by Georges Simenon featuring his detective Jules Maigret. [1]
Dec 29, 2015 · "Cecile is Dead" (previously translated from the French as "Maigret and the Spinster") features a murder investigation by Commissaire Jules Maigret of the Paris Police Judiciare that plays out in a dreary suburb. The book's villains are utterly unsympathetic in that their lives are driven by greed.
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- Georges Simenon, Anthea Bell
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Dec 29, 2015 · "Cecile is Dead" (previously translated from the French as "Maigret and the Spinster") features a murder investigation by Commissaire Jules Maigret of the Paris Police Judiciare that plays out in a dreary suburb. The book's villains are utterly unsympathetic in that their lives are driven by greed.
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- Penguin Books
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Also known as Cécile is Dead, this Maigret from 1942 is one of the best, taking place in Paris, with an unexpected presence towards the end of an American detective, over in Paris to observe, and whom Simenon uses as someone for Maigret to expound and show his thoughts and methods.
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Those black dresses that she must make for herself from bad paper patterns, that ridiculous green hat!”. In the dreary suburbs of Paris, the merciless greed of a seemingly respectable woman is unearthed by her long suffering niece, and Maigret discovers the far-reaching consequences of their actions.
- Georges Simenon
- Paperback
"Cecile is Dead" (previously translated from the French as "Maigret and the Spinster") features a murder investigation by Commissaire Jules Maigret of the Paris Police Judiciare that plays out in a dreary suburb. The book's villains are utterly unsympathetic in that their lives are driven by greed.
- (329)
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