{"product_id":"letter-to-my-judge-by-georges-simenon","title":"Letter to My Judge by Georges Simenon","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMy dear Judge, I would like one man, just one, to understand me. And I really hope that man can be you. In a small town in western France, Dr Charles Alavoine seems to lead the perfect life: his own medical practice, two beautiful children, a new wife and a doting mother.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYet as each quiet day of bourgeois conformity passes, Alavoine begins to feel a sharp sense of futility and solitude. Then, one rainy day in December, he meets a mysterious young woman on a station platform. Fascinated by her innocence and the scars of her past, Alavoine’s passion soon gives way to obsession, as he is drawn deeper into a web of desire and deceit, ending in a terrible act that will forever change the course of his life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst published in 1947, Letter to My Judge is a masterful exploration of the darkest corners of the human soul, and a harrowing exorcism of Simenon’s phantoms.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaperback\u003cbr\u003ePublication: 14 May 2026, Penguin Classics\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780241808092\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eExtent: 208 pages  \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David's Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57072242557310,"sku":null,"price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/0892\/5225\/files\/9780241808092.jpg?v=1773223966","url":"https:\/\/www.davids-bookshops.co.uk\/products\/letter-to-my-judge-by-georges-simenon","provider":"David's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}