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The pipe-smoking Inspector of Police is a quietly spoken observer of human nature who uses the techniques of psychology on those he encounters (both the guilty and the innocent) - with no rush to moral condemnation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSimenon's non-Maigret standalone books are among the most commanding in the genre, and, as a trenchant picture of French society, his concise novels collectively offer up a fascinating analysis. Moreover, his influence on an army of later crime writers is incalculable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlongside his own considerable insights, Barry Forshaw has interviewed people who worked either with Simenon or on his books: publishers, editors, translators, and other specialist writers. 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