The Strange Case of Peter the Lett

The Strange Case of Peter the Lett
The Strange Case of Peter the Lett  
Author(s) Georges Simenon
Original title French: Pietr-le-Letton
Country Belgium
Language French
Series Inspector Jules Maigret
Genre(s) Detective fiction
Publication date 1931
Media type Print

The Strange Case of Peter the Lett (1931) (French: Pietr-le-Letton), a detective novel by the Belgian writer Georges Simenon, is the very first novel to feature Inspector Jules Maigret who would later feature in more than a hundred stories by Simenon and who has become a legendary figure in the annals of detective fiction.

Other titles

  • Maigret and the Enigmatic Lett

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