In this 26th installment of the Maigret series by Georges Simenon, the detective chief inspector is retired and living peacefully but perhaps a bit restlessly in the country when an elderly woman bursts in on his idyll and demands he investigate a family matter. Jules can't resist, and the story proceeds to dissect human impulses driven by the third deadly sin, avarice. In the process, Simenon shows how bad behavior by the rich may be more disgusting than "ordinary" crimes.
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