Maigret'S First Case Av Georges Simenon

<p><b>''Compelling, remorseless, brilliant'' John Gray </b> <br><br><i>The profession he had always yearned for did not actually exist ... he imagined a cross between a doctor and a priest, a man capable of understanding another''s destiny at first glance.<br><br></i>The very first investigation by eager young police secretary Jules Maigret leads him to a wealthy Paris family''s dark secrets.<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>