Maigret Gets Angry Av Georges Simenon

<p><b>''Compelling, remorseless, brilliant'' John Gray </b> <br><br><i>All that was still unclear, for sure. Ernest Malik had been right when he had looked at Maigret with a smile that was a mixture of sarcasm and contempt. This wasn''t a case for him. He was out of his depth. This world was unfamiliar to him, and he had difficulty piecing it all together.<br></i><br>Peacefully tending his garden in the countryside, Maigret is called upon to investigate a rich family with skeletons in their cupboard - and finds himself confronted by lies, snobbery and malice.<br><br>This novel has been published in a previous translation as <i>Maigret in Retirement</i>.<br><br>''His artistry is supreme'' John Banville<br><br>''One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . Simenon was unequalled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories'' <i>Guardian</i></p>