At midnight, Inspector Maigret answers a phone call from a young woman. Not long after, he finds himself accused of having raped her.

Maigret has been slandered—apparently in an attempt to have him quickly removed from office. But who is behind it? Why? Who finds the inspector so threatening, even though he’s just three years away from retirement?

Despite all the obstacles and setbacks in his path, Maigret won’t rest until he uncovers who started this dirty game. He won’t stop until he clears his name and finds out what really happened that night.

The Belgian author Georges Simenon, a world-renowned master of the psychological detective genre, is one of the most widely read authors of the 20th century. Over the course of 43 years, he published 425 books—200 under 16 pseudonyms, and 220 under his own name. Simenon wrote 75 novels and 28 short stories about Inspector Maigret. By number of translations, he ranks 19th worldwide: his works have been published in 55 languages across 39 countries.