Georges Simenon: Maigret Is Afraid (Inspector Maigret), Kartoniert / Broschiert
Maigret Is Afraid (Inspector Maigret)
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- Translation:
- Ros Schwartz
- Publisher:
- Picador, 11/2026
- Binding:
- Kartoniert / Broschiert
- Language:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9781250426055
- Item number:
- 12590500
- Weight:
- 454 g
- Format:
- 191 x 127 mm
- Thickness:
- 25 mm
- Release date:
- 3.11.2026
- Series:
- Inspector Maigret
- Note
-
Caution: Product is not in German language
Blurb
A spate of murders sends shock waves through a small rainswept town-where, unfortunately for the killer, Maigret happens to be passing through.
Traveling back from a police congress in Bordeaux, Maigret stops off to see his friend, the investigating magistrate of the small town of Fontenay-Le-Comte. In the past three days, the inspector's friend tells him, two locals have been bludgeoned to death. On the scene by sheer coincidence, Maigret would rather not get involved-until a third murder occurs, and public unrest threatens to reach a flash point. The townsfolk believe the clannish ruling elite is shielding certain figures from investigation, and Maigret is inclined to agree. Fearing a miscarriage of justice, he sets out to learn the truth-however socially inconvenient or disturbing. In gray, windswept Fontenay, emotions are already hovering on a knife's edge before the anonymous notes start arriving. But is the writer trying to facilitate or obstruct justice? A dark and atmospheric tale of local tensions and tormented minds,Maigret Is Afraid is an unmissable foray into small-town evil for Georges Simenon's iconic detective.
Biography (Georges Simenon)
Georges Simenon, geb. am 13. Februar 1903 in Liège/Belgien, begann nach abgebrochener Buchhändlerlehre als Lokalreporter. Nach einer Zeit in Paris als Privatsekretär eines Marquis wohnte er auf seinem Boot, mit dem er bis nach Lappland fuhr, Reiseberichte und erste Maigret-Romane verfassend. Schaffenswut und viele Ortswechsel bestimmten 30 Jahre lang sein Leben, bis er sich am Genfersee niederließ, wo er nach 75 Maigret-Romanen und über 120 Non-Maigrets beschloss, statt Romane ausgreifende autobiographische Arbeiten (wie die monumentalen Intimen Memoiren ) zu diktieren. Er starb am 4. September 1989 in Lausanne.
