A gripping novel that sees Inspector Maigret brought out of his peaceful retirement

“Maigret

shrugged his shoulders, buried his hands in his pockets and went off

without answering. He had just spent one of the most wretched days in

his life. For hours, in his corner he had felt old and feeble, without

idea or incentive. But now a tiny flame flickered. ‘You bet we'll see,’

he growled.”

Maigret’s peaceful retirement in the countryside

is disrupted when a relative unwittingly embroils himself in a crime he

did not commit and the inspector returns to Police Headquarters in

Paris once again.