num_pages: 136
description: The small French town of Concarneau is a summer resort. In winter it becomes the deserted, rainswept scene for a series of murder attempts that attract the interest of Maigret. While his assistant Leroy uses "science" and "deductions" to trace the murderer, Maigret's instincts unerringly guide him to the real killer past a labyrinth of fascinating a paranoid failed medical doctor turned real-estate shark; a passive, working class waitress whose heart secretly burns a torch of passion; an aristocratic politician who pressures Maigret to "make some arrests"; and a snarling stray dog that knows the murderer's real identity.
language: English
title: The Yellow Dog
titlecomplete: The Yellow Dog
characters: Jules Maigret, Monsieur Le Pommeret, Monsieur Mostaguen, Jean Servières, Inspector Leroy, Emma the waitress, Dr. Ernest Michoux, Madame Michoux, Mayor of Concarneau
genres: Mystery, Fiction, Thriller, French Literature, Classics, France, Crime, Mystery Thriller, Detective, Noir
ratings_count: 4554
places: France, Concarneau
series: Inspector Maigret
publisher: Penguin Books