Maigret and the Old Lady (Inspector Maigret)

ISBN: 0241206820

Author: Simenon, Georges

Condition: New

One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . Simenon was unequaled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories. -The GuardianInspector Maigret takes a case from a lively old widow whose maid has been poisonedThe inexplicable murder of the wealthy Valentine Bessons maid leads the older woman to believe that she herself was the intended target. Inspector Maigret undertakes the investigation, meeting Mrs. Bessons dysfunctional family and a cavalcade of suspects. As he delves into the case, Maigret must unravel a tangled web of family politics-and confront Valentines stepsons, who may be harboring dark secrets of their own.