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The Hand
  • Published: 10 February 2026
  • ISBN: 9780241787915
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 496
  • RRP: $26.99
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The Hand

And Other Novels

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10 Feb 2026
EBook
6 Nov 2025
EBook
6 Oct 2016
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A trio of Simenon’s finest psychological novels from the 1960s, including: The Hand, Betty and The Blue Room

Amidst the fury of a relentless snowstorm, the loyalties of two friends are put to the ultimate test, with fatal consequences.

In the shadows of 1960s Paris, a woman on the brink of despair is offered a chance at redemption. But as the haunting truth of her past begins to emerge, it threatens to consume her.

In a secluded hotel, an adulterous affair spirals into a terrible nightmare that will transform the couple’s lives forever.

This new edition brings together Georges Simenon’s most gripping psychological novels from the 1960s, capturing the raw essence of human frailty and resilience during a time of profound social upheaval, and revealing the chilling brilliance of Simenon’s romans durs.
  • Published: 10 February 2026
  • ISBN: 9780241787915
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 496
  • RRP: $26.99
Categories:

Also by Georges Simenon

Letter To My Judge
The Cat
Stan the Killer
The Widow Couderc
The Hatter's Ghosts
The New Investigations of Inspector Maigret
The Venice Train
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Praise for The Hand

A brilliant portrait of betrayal, hypocrisy, love and loss

Chicago Tribune

One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . Simenon was unequalled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories

Guardian

Irresistible... read him at your peril, avoid him at your loss

The Sunday Times

The romans durs are extraordinary: tough, bleak, offhandedly violent, suffused with guilt and bitterness, redolent of place . . . utterly unsentimental, frightening in the pitilessness of their gaze, yet wonderfully entertaining

John Banville

The novels brim with atmosphere, insight and intelligence . . . quite unlike anything else written before or since

India Knight, The Times