Author(s): Simenon, Georges, Whiteside, Shaun,
Binding: Paperback,
Date of Publication: 07/06/2018,
Pagination: 176 pages,
Series: Inspector Maigret,
Imprint: Penguin Classics,
Published By: Penguin Books Ltd,
Book Classification: Fiction in translation, Classic crime
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9780241303894
Description: 

'He had seldom been so perplexed by human beings. Would a psychiatrist, a teacher or a novelist... have been better placed to understand characters who had suddenly materialized from another century?'

Maigret is called to the home of Armand de Saint-Hilaire, a highly respected official who has been found shot dead in his study by his housekeeper. After interviewing everyone concerned Maigret is at a loss to the identity of the perpetrator until he comes across a series of letters from the past fifty years between the victim and a recently widowed woman.

As Maigret uncovers the details behind the two's relationship he gets closer to discovering the tragic truth behind the official's demise. This novel has been published in a previous translation as Maigret in Society.