Maigret Defends Himself
“A writer as comfortable with reality as with fiction, with passion as with reason.” —John Le Carré
When suspicion turns on Inspector Maigret for a crime he did not commit, he must use every investigative tool in his arsenal to clear his name.
For the first time in his career, Inspector Maigret receives written summons to the Chief Commissioner’s office. There he learns that he has been accused of a horrible assault by an individual with ties to a high-ranking official. He is forbidden from attempting to investigate the case, but with his career and reputation on the line, Maigret must do everything he can to prove his innocence and uncover the motive behind the accusation.
A nail-biting dissection of what…
Georges Simenon was born in 1903 in Liège, Belgium, and died 1989 in Lausanne, Switzerland. His entirely singular body of work is among the most compelling in the global canon. More than 800 million copies of his books have been sold in more than 50 languages.