- Maigret on the Defensive
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Maigret on the Defensive (French: Maigret se défend) is a 1964 detective novel by the Belgian writer Georges Simenon featuring his character Jules Maigret. Maigret responds to a call from a young woman in the middle of the night, but he then finds himself accused of raping her. He is forced to clear his name, and search for what had really taken place that night. It was translated into English released in the United Kingdom in 1966. [1]
In 1993 it was made into an episode of an ITV Maigret series.[2]
References
- ^ http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/s/georges-simenon/maigret-on-defensive.htm
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0639857/
Maigret Novels The Strange Case of Peter the Lett • The Crime at Lock 14 • The Death of Monsieur Gallet • The Crime of Inspector Maigret • A Battle of Nerves • A Face for a Clue • Maigret at the Crossroads • Maigret in Holland • The Sailors' Rendezvous • Maigret at the Gai-Moulin • Guinguette by the Seine • The Shadow in the Courtyard • Maigret Goes Home • The Flemish Shop • Death of a Harbour Master • The Madman of Bergerac • Liberty Bar • The Lock at Charenton • Maigret Returns • Maigret and the Hotel Majestic • Maigret in Exile • Maigret and the Spinster • To Any Lengths • Maigret and the Toy Village • Maigret's Rival • Maigret in Retirement • Maigret à New York • A Summer Holiday • Maigret's Dead Man • Maigret's First Case • My Friend Maigret • Maigret and the Coroner • Maigret and the Old Lady • Madame Maigret's Own Case • Maigret's Memoirs • Maigret and the Strangled Stripper • Maigret Takes a Room • Maigret and the Burglar's Wife • Inspector Maigret and the Killers • Maigret's Revolver • Maigret and the Man on the Boulevard • Maigret Afraid • Maigret's Mistake • Maigret Goes to School • Inspector Maigret and the Dead Girl • Maigret and the Minister • Maigret and the Headless Corpse • Maigret Sets a Trap • Maigret's Failure • Maigret's Little Joke • Maigret and the Millionaires • Maigret Has Scruples • Maigret and the Reluctant Witnesses • Maigret Has Doubts • Maigret in Court • Maigret in Society • Maigret and the Lazy Burglar • Maigret and the Black Sheep • Maigret and the Saturday Caller • Maigret and the Dosser • Maigret Loses His Temper • Maigret and the Ghost • Maigret on the Defensive • The Patience of Maigret • Maigret and the Nahour Case • Maigret's Pickpocket • Maigret in Vichy • Maigret Hesitates • Maigret's Boyhood Friend • Maigret and the Killer • Maigret and the Wine Merchant • Maigret and the Mad Woman • Maigret and the Loner • Maigret and the Flea • Maigret and Monsieur Charles
Short stories The Barge with Two Hanging Bodies • The Affair of the Boulevard Beaumarchais • The Open Window • Inspector Maigret Hesitates • Jeumont, 51 Minutes' Wait! • Inspector Maigret's War of Nerves • Journey into Time • Rue Pigalle • The Stronger Vessel • The Old Lady of Bayeux • The Inn of the Drowned • Stan the Killer • At the Étoile du Nord • Storm in the Channel • Maigret and the Frightened Dressmaker • Inspector Maigret and the Missing Miniatures • The Unlikely M. Owen • The Group at the Grand Café • The Man on the Run • Under the Hammer • Death Threats • Maigret's Pipe • Not the Sort to Get Murdered • Elusive Witness • The Most Obstinate Man in Paris • Maigret and the Surly Inspector • Maigret's Christmas
Categories:- 1960s novel stubs
- Belgian novels
- 1964 novels
- Maigret novels
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