Description
A young woman with the appearance of someone far older is found dead, and the case draws in Inspector Maigret as he navigates the quiet cruelties of appearances, reputation, and social expectation. As he follows the threads of Cécile’s life—her habits, her relationships, and the small humiliations she endured—Maigret uncovers a mystery shaped as much by human loneliness as by wrongdoing. With Simenon’s famously restrained, psychologically sharp style, the investigation becomes a study of how grief, judgment, and secrecy can harden into tragedy. In the end, the question isn’t only who killed Cécile, but what kind of world made her death feel, to others, almost inevitable.
Available Editions
paperback
Penguin Books
Published Dec 29, 2015
192 pages
ISBN: 9780141397054
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Maigret and the Ghost

Maigret's Dead Man

Maigret's First Case

Man's Head

The Misty Harbour

The Saint-Fiacre Affair

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Lock No. 1

Maigret Defends Himself

Maigret Gets Angry

The Flemish House

Maigret and the Nahour Case

Cécile Is Dead

Cellars of the Majestic

The Judge's House

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Maigret and the Tall Woman

Maigret and the Old Lady

Maigret at Picratt's

Maigret's Memoirs

Maigret Takes a Room

Maigret Enjoys Himself

Maigret, Lognon and the Gangsters

Maigret's Revolver

Maigret and the Man on the Bench

Maigret and the Dead Girl

Maigret and the Wine Merchant

Maigret Is Afraid

Maigret and the Headless Corpse

Maigret's Pickpocket

Maigret's Secret

Maigret and the Reluctant Witnesses

Maigret in Court

Maigret and the Lazy Burglar

Maigret and the Saturday Caller

Maigret and the Tramp

Maigret and the Minister

Maigret at the Coroner's

Maigret and the Killer

Maigret's Fury

Maigret's Mistake

Maigret in Vichy

Maigret and the Old People

Maigret and the Loner

Maigret's Doubts

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Maigret's Childhood Friend

Maigret and the Good People of Montparnasse

Maigret Goes to School

Maigret's Failure

Maigret Travels
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Details
First Published
1942
Language
eng
Translation
From: fra
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Cécile Is Dead by Georges Simenon.