Maigret and Monsieur Charles

“A writer as comfortable with reality as with fiction, with passion as with reason.” —John Le Carré

In the final novel featuring Inspector Maigret, the famous detective reaches a pivotal moment in his career

Maigret is a few years short of his retirement and has just refused promotion to the post of Head of the Police Judiciare, preferring the human contact he enjoys as Head of the Criminal Division. His wish is granted when Madam Nathalie Sabin-Levesque, an elegant but highly nervous lwoman,...