Maigret Is Afraid (Inspector Maigret)

von Georges Simenon

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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.

• Reihe: Inspector Maigret
• ISBN: 9781250426055
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 03.11.2026
• Größe: 189 x 125 mm
• Verlag: Picador
• Übersetzung: Ros Schwartz