BELGIAN DETECTIVE FICTION

Does anyone know of any English language crime novels set in Belgium since 1945 please?

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Permalink Reply by Gavin Woods on October 16, 2014 at 1:44am

Hi Craig.

             The most obvious answer would be the Maigret books by Georges Simenon (I've not read any of them but have seen the TV adaptations). They were originally written in French but have been translated into English. Most where set in France and England but some are set in Belgium.

Permalink Reply by Craig Pickering on October 16, 2014 at 8:21pm

Thanks Gavin. You're right. I recently read a Maigret in the excellent set of new Penguin re-issues which was set partly in Belgium. I should perhaps have been more specific. What I have in mind are novels about the Belgian police and the Belgian judicial system, before the 90s, when the former changed a lot.

Permalink Reply by Gavin Woods on October 17, 2014 at 5:07am

No worries. I can't help you on that one. Sorry.

Permalink Reply by Craig Pickering on October 18, 2014 at 2:58am

Thanks anyway.

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