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A review by komet2020
The Saint-Fiacre Affair by Georges Simenon
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.0
In The Saint-Fiacre Affair, Inspector Maigret finds himself back in his hometown, having been in receipt of the following message: A crime will be committed ,,,during first mass .... There an old countess, whose family had long held sway over the town, has died in the pews of the local church under seemingly mysterious circumstances. Her death brings back into town her son, Maurice de Saint-Fiacre, who had lived a dissolute life in Paris with his mistress.
The story reveals a cast of characters, inclusive of Maurice de Saint-Fiacre himself, each of whom has something about him that casts a veil of suspicion about them. At times, the story meanders a bit. But as it goes along, the matter of the countess's death points to one of the town's characters as the contributor to her demise.
On the whole, The Saint-Fiacre Affair was a nice concise story. But among all the Inspector Maigret novels It has been my pleasure to read, this one is not a favorite.
The story reveals a cast of characters, inclusive of Maurice de Saint-Fiacre himself, each of whom has something about him that casts a veil of suspicion about them. At times, the story meanders a bit. But as it goes along, the matter of the countess's death points to one of the town's characters as the contributor to her demise.
On the whole, The Saint-Fiacre Affair was a nice concise story. But among all the Inspector Maigret novels It has been my pleasure to read, this one is not a favorite.