Georges Simenon's books are known all over the world. By the number of translations, he shares the first places with Hugo and Jules Verne .. A master detective story, an incredibly prolific writer (more than 400 published works!), the creator of one of the most charming detectives of the twentieth century - Commissioner Maigret . This collection includes eight famous novels of Simeon of different genres: detective stories, action thrillers, psychological dramas, as well as an elegant story of love and loneliness “Three Rooms in Manhattan”, which became one of the standards of the genre thanks to the film adaptation of Marcel Carne (1965). , starring Annie Girardot and Maurice Ronet).