The Flemish House Av Georges Simenon

<p><b>''The father of contemporary European detective fiction'' Ann Cleeves</b> <br><br><i>She wasn''t an ordinary </i><i>supplicant. She didn''t lower her eyes. There was nothing humble about her bearing. She spoke frankly, looking straight</i><i> ahead, as if to claim what was rightfully hers.</i><i><br><br>''If you don''t agree to look at our case, my parents and I will be lost, and it will be the most hateful legal error...''</i><br><br>Maigret is asked to the windswept, rainy border town of Givet by a young woman desperate to clear her family of murder. But their well-kept shop, the sleepy community and its raging river all hide their own mysteries.<br><br>This novel has been published in a previous translation as <i>The Flemish Shop</i>.<br><br>''Compelling, remorseless, brilliant'' John Gray<br><br>''A supreme writer . . . unforgettable vividness'' <i>Independent</i></p>