ISBN The Mahé Circle

'Powerful . . .
unputdownably gripping'Guardian'The island itself. Its throbbing heat as if in a belljar under the sun, the scorpion in his son's bed, the deafening sound of cicadas'
During his first holiday on the island of Porquerolles Dr Mahé caught a glimpse of something irresistible. As the memory continues to haunt him, he falls prey to a delusion that may offer an escape from his conventional existence - or may destroy him. This is the first English translation ofThe Mahé Circle,Simenon's dark, malevolent depiction of an ordinary man trapped in mundanity and consumed by obsession.
'Extraordinary . . . Simenon is one of the most important writers of the 20th century'Independent