Listen free for 30 days
Listen with offer
-
Maigret and the Ghost
- Inspector Maigret, Book 62
- Narrated by: Gareth Armstrong
- Length: 3 hrs and 19 mins
Failed to add items
Add to basket failed.
Add to wishlist failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
99p for the first 3 months
Maigret and the Ghost
Buy Now for £8.99
No valid payment method on file.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
Listeners also enjoyed...
Summary
During an undercover case Inspector Lognon is shot in a room he was sharing with a beautiful woman who has since disappeared. Inspector Maigret retraces Lognon's secretive last few days and is drawn into the darker side of the art world.
This novel has been published in a previous translation as Maigret and the Apparition.
More from the same
What listeners say about Maigret and the Ghost
Average customer ratingsReviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Mike
- 13-06-23
Very enjoyable
This is a great story with really good narration
Well worth a listen for old and new fans of maigret
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Ade G
- 02-03-23
Great story
Brilliantly read as ever and a wonderful story. So evocative of Paris at the time.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Thamesis
- 27-05-23
One of the very best Maigret stories..
I have listened to about a half of the Maigret stories and have discovered some really great ones but also detected a slight weakness in the writing of Simenon, and that is to weave a wonderful tale only to let you down at the end with a hurried and often implausible ending. I have even returned thee because right from the word go the storyline was ridiculous. With Maigret and the Ghost however, there are no flaws. It is a great novel which I recommend very highly. Also, let us not omit the quite superb narration by Gareth Armstrong which, whether the storyline rains or shines, is just perfection.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Tomboy
- 11-12-22
Simenon strikes gold again.
Simply put, another 3 hours and 19 minutes of literary bliss. Neither Simenon nor Maigret fail to hit anything but a bullseye. Perfection.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Steven Emsley
- 22-10-22
Maigret Draws Them Out
It's 1964, the TV age, but Maigret's customary interview methods still pay off as they did in the 1930s. A varied story of shady doings in the art world of rich collectors, with several puzzles for Maigret to solve. A wide gallery of characters from a beautiful heiress, her much older husband who initially makes the big mistake of talking down to working class Maigret, to a filthy old recluse who spends his time at the window watching the world go by. The trigger of the investigation is the street shooting of dear Inspector Lognon, the luckless police intelligence gatherer who can't pass his exams but who aspires to be like Maigret. He's an instinctive and dogged investigator who is on the right track, but gets too close and spends the novel in a coma. Maigret has respect and a soft spot for this recurrent character. Is Simenon making a critique of the increasingly academic modern world? Would Maigret, a gamekeeper's son with a deep understanding of human nature, have risen to chief of detectives in the later twentieth century?
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Liz... Bristol
- 01-11-23
Maigret lands in the Art world!
Another excellent Maigret story. As well read as ever by Gareth Armstrong. This one revolves around the international art world, but for Maigret, comes from nowhere, so he has to move quickly while those involved are still in Paris. Simenon’s ability to convey events swirling around our protagonist, both within his control and beyond it, is wonderfully conveyed.
One of the best things about the Maigret stories is that you can start almost anywhere amongst the many novels and can quickly pick up the characters, both regular and particular, and make sense of the plot. Once you do get to know the staff at the Quai des Orfévre, you begin to notice aspects to the many detectives. The various tv series are generally well done, but necessarily cut down the number of policemen involved. The various twists and turns are always well done, but also within the basis of the plot itself. There are no deus ex machinas from Simenon! If you’re in any doubt, I’d give it a listen.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!