Maigret mingles with the aristocracy and lots of old people.
A retired diplomat has been shot dead. He lived with his long time housekeeper who found his body.
Maigret notices that the shells of the bullets have been picked up.
The dead diplomat had been in constant correspondence with a lady married to a minor prince for many decades.
The prince had died a few days earlier and it was expected that he would marry the widow once a suitable period of mourning has elapsed.
Maigret has several suspects. The housekeeper, the cool and calculating nephew of the deceased.
The actual killer was a surprise. In the end it was a marriage that could never take place.
Lots of familiar faces in this one. Charles Gray, Terence Alexander and Richard Vernon.
A retired diplomat has been shot dead. He lived with his long time housekeeper who found his body.
Maigret notices that the shells of the bullets have been picked up.
The dead diplomat had been in constant correspondence with a lady married to a minor prince for many decades.
The prince had died a few days earlier and it was expected that he would marry the widow once a suitable period of mourning has elapsed.
Maigret has several suspects. The housekeeper, the cool and calculating nephew of the deceased.
The actual killer was a surprise. In the end it was a marriage that could never take place.
Lots of familiar faces in this one. Charles Gray, Terence Alexander and Richard Vernon.
