Maigret and the Good People of Montparnasse

''His artistry is supreme'' John Banville

''Why all of a sudden did this shock him? He was annoyed with himself for being shocked. He felt as if he had been sucked into the bourgeois, almost edifying, atmosphere that surrounded those epeople, ''good people'' so everyone kept telling him.''

A retired manufacturer has been shot dead by his own pistol, last seen alive by his son-in-law. In this seemi...