The Eighth Simenon Omnibus

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Maigret et l’indicateur first published 1971 Copyright © Georges Simenon, 1971 Translation published in Great Britain by Hamish Hamilton 1972 Translation copyright © Georges Simenon, 1972

Maigret hésite first published 1968 Copyright © Georges Simenon, 1968 Translation published in Great Britain by Hamish Hamilton 1970 Translation copyright © Georges Simenon, 1970

L’Ours en peluche first published 1960 Copyright © Georges Simenon, 1960 Translation published in Great Britain by Hamish Hamilton 1971 Translation copyright © Georges Simenon, 1971

Published in Penguin Books 1975

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