To Any Lengths (other English-language titles are Maigret and the Fortuneteller and Signed, Picpus; French: Signé Picpus) is a detective novel by Belgian writer Georges Simenon, featuring his character inspector Jules Maigret.

Translations

The book has been translated three times into English: in 1950 as To Any Lengths and in 1989 as Maigret and the Fortuneteller translated by Geoffrey Sainsbury and in 2015 as Signed, Picpus translated by David Coward.^[1]

Adaptations

The novel has been adapted several times for cinema and television:^[2]

In French

• 1968: as Signé Picpus, with Jean Richard in the lead role;
• 2003: as Signé Picpus, with Bruno Cremer;

In Italian

• 1965: as L'affare Picpus, with Gino Cervi in the main role;

In English

• 1962: as The Crystal Ball, with Rupert Davies;

In Japanese

• 1978: as Keishi to satsujin yōkoku, with Kinya Aikawa in Maigret's role;

Literature

• Maurice Piron, Michel Lemoine, L'Univers de Simenon, guide des romans et nouvelles (1931-1972) de Georges Simenon, Presses de la Cité, 1983, p. 298-299 ISBN 978-2-258-01152-6 (in French)