The Strange Case of Peter the Lett

The Strange Case of Peter the Lett
First edition
AuthorGeorges Simenon
Original titleFrench: Pietr-le-Letton
LanguageFrench
SeriesInspector Jules Maigret
GenreDetective fiction
PublisherA. Fayard
Publication date
1931
Publication placeBelgium
Media typePrint
Preceded byN/A 
Followed byThe Crime at Lock 14 

The Strange Case of Peter the Lett (French: Pietr-le-Letton) is a 1931 detective novel by the Belgian writer Georges Simenon. It is the first novel to feature Inspector Jules Maigret who would later appear in more than a hundred stories by Simenon and who has become a legendary figure in the annals of detective fiction.