Maigret's manor. From: The Mail on Sunday (London, England) | Date: March 9, 2003| Author: | COPYRIGHT 2003 Solo Syndication Limited. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: SIMON HEPTINSTALL

Simon Heptinstall on the home town trail of the great detective

WITH his trilby, raincoat and pipe, Inspector Maigret was the Morse of the Sixties. Millions followed the exploits of the unflappable Parisian policeman on their black-and-white TVs. For the over-40s, his name ranks alongside Holmes, Poirot and Morse as a screen sleuth.

He was the hero of 80 books as well as various TV series all based in Paris. But his creator, author Georges Simenon, was born 100 years ago in the bustling Belgian city of Liege.

So while Paris - hardly ...

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