One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . Simenon was unequaled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories. The Guardian
A visit from a tall, thin woman he arrested many years agonow married to a hapless burglarleads Maigret on a tortuous investigation in which he struggles with a formidable suspect
A face from Maigret's past reappears to tell him about the misadventures of her husband, a safecracker nicknamed Sad Freddie who discovered a dead body while committing a burglary and fled the scene in a panic. In a race against the clock, Maigret must use his full arsenal of investigative methods to solve the crime.
