Maigret 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 father's 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.
Penguin is publishing the entire series of Maigret novels in new translations. This novel has been published in a previous translation as Maigret Goes Home.
Publisher: Penguin Books LtdISBN: 9780141394756Number of pages: 160Weight: 123 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 9 mm
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Georges Simenon
Staggeringly prolific and stylistically revolutionary,French author Georges Simenon is the creator of Inspector Maigret and one of the most significant crime writers in literary history.
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