cottage maigret new-york mysteries

books:

Océan Indien
Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo, Charles Renel, ...

Presses de la Cité, 1998

53 reviews
Danielle Steel, Zoé Delcourt

Presses de la Cité, 2003

The Cottage
This is one of Danielle Steel's best books. It is about Cooper Winslow, a fading movie actor and lady's man who is in financial trouble. She develops the character of "Coop" well so it is easy to visualize him. Coop decides to rent out his "cottage" guest wings for $10,000 a month to two different tenants. The story centers around his new tenants, their romances, activities and children. In ...

Maigret A New-York / Maigret in New York (Inspector Maigret Mysteries)

2 reviews
Georges Simenon

Presses de La Cite, 2003

Classic Maigret
I am a long-time fan of Inspector Maigret, having read all of his advetures that I was able to get my hands on. I lived in France in the 1950s but over the years have lost most of my French language skills. I despaired of ever picking them back up until I remembered the deft, spare style of Georges Simenon. Not only am I enjoying the truly delectible story of Maigret in America, I am quickly ...

La nuit des temps

5 reviews
René Barjavel

Presses de la Cite, 1968

Absorbing and thought-provoking
I read this young adult sci-fi/fantasy/romance while studying abroad in France recently, and enjoyed it immensely. Especially for non-native french speakers, the beginning can be tedious, as it works to establish some scientific basis for what follows. Don't get hung up by the technical jargon (ie don't bother looking up words you don't know), the story transforms to become a beautiful love ...