The Inspector Maigret series. There are about 70 in all. I've read about 15-20 so far. The era I'm reading now is around the 1930s to 1940s. Having spent some

The Inspector Maigret series. There are about 70 in all. I've read about 15-20 so far. The era I'm reading now is around the 1930s to 1940s. Having spent some time in France, it's interesting to be able to visualise the scene when I read about places I've been to. Then there are the historical books about First World War happenings. "Catastrophe" by Max Hastings, "Fromelles" by Patrick Lindsay.