The Saint-Fiacre Affair (Inspector Maigret)

ISBN: 0141394757

Author: Simenon, Georges

Condition: New

A writer as comfortable with reality as with fiction, with passion as with reason. -John Le CarréMaigrets past comes to life in this evocative novel, set in the Inspectors hometownMaigret savoured the sensations of his youth again: the cold, stinging eyes, frozen fingertips, an aftertaste of coffee. Then, stepping inside the church, a blast of heat, soft light; the smell of candles and incense.The last time Maigret went home to the village of his birth was for his fathers funeral. Now, an anonymous note predicting a crime during All Souls Day mass draws him back there, where troubling memories resurface and hidden vices are revealed.