Maigret and the Reluctant Witnesses. Inspector Maigret

'Acute psychological insight and a distinctive, spare, atmospheric style . Simenon ought to be spoken of in the same breath as Camus, Beckett and Kafka' Independent on SundayFaced with a house of tight-lipped witnesses to a murder, Simenon's legendary Inspector Maigret must change his methods to uncover the truth 'The family and the house had turned in on themselves, acquiring a hostile face in the process' The once-wealthy Lachaume family closes ranks when one of their own is shot dead, claiming to have heard and seen nothing of the murder.
This leaves Maigret - along with a troublesome new magistrate who has waded into the case - to pick his way through their shameful secrets. 'One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century' Guardian'Gem-hard soul-probes .