Reading in French as a foreign language (FLE) in theReading CLE in easy French collectionintended for older adolescents and adults level A2.
Maigret and the old lady Who could want to kill old Valentine Besson, whose servant, Rose, died from having drunk a glass of water intended for her boss, and containing sleeping pills?Maigret, called to shed light on this murder, for a moment suspects Arlette, Valentine's daughter, who seems to have a rather murky private life with her husband, Theo.But greed cannot be the motive: the old lady only possessed copies of jewels, replicas of the fabulous collection formerly constituted by her husband.In the meantime, Valentine shoots down with a revolver a "prowler" who is none other than Rose's brother.For Maigret, who has just discovered an authentic emerald, the pieces of the puzzle are starting to come together ... In an atmosphere of seaside holidays,
