L'IMPICCATO DI SAINT-PHOLIEN | VII EDIZ. 2002 | G. SIMENON

This detective fiction novel features Inspector Maigret unraveling a complex case that begins with a mysterious suicide witnessed in Bremen. His investigation leads him through Paris and Reims to the city of Liège, where it becomes tied to a dark secret from his own past: a student who was found hanged at the church of Saint-Pholien. The story intertwines themes of guilt, memory, and the burden of youthful transgressions, rendered with Simenon’s signature terse prose and psychological insight. Originally written in 1930 and published in 1931, it remains a pivotal early entry in the Maigret series.