A review by myxomycetes
The Strangers in the House by Georges Simenon

4.0

A drunk reclusive lawyer comes out of reclusion when he hears a gunshot from another part of his house and discovers a man dying in a spare bedroom. Soon he learns a gang of delinquents (including his daughter) has been using his house as a headquarters, and he’s drawn out into the world when he agrees to defend the main suspect in court.

Simenon sort of falls apart if you read too much of him at once, but for a taste every now and then, and when he’s writing on all cylinders as he is here, he’s pretty great.