Once alone in his office, he went over and opened the window as if being in charge of this case made him gasp for a breath of fresh air . . . It made him feel almost fond of the petty thieves, maniacs, swindlers and offenders of all kinds that he usually had to deal with. Maigret has no taste for politics, or politicians, but when he is summoned to a clandestine meeting by a desperate government minister one evening, he finds himself drawn into an unsavoury world of corruption, scandal and cover ups.
Author Biography
Georges Simenon was born in Lioge, Belgium, in 1903. He is best know in Britain as the author of the Maigret novels and his prolific output of over 400 novels and short stories have made him a household name in continental Europe. He died in 1989 in Lausanne, Switzerland, where he had lived for the latter part of his life.
