Flemish House By Simenon, Georges

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''The father of contemporary European detective fiction'' Ann Cleeves She wasn''t an ordinary supplicant. She didn''t lower her eyes. There was nothing humble about her bearing. Sh e spoke frankly, looking straight ahead, as if to claim what was rightfully hers.''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...''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.This novel has been published in a previous translation as The Flemish Shop.''Compelling, remorseless, brilliant'' John Gray''A supreme writer . . . unforgettable vividness'' Independent Show more