'A brilliant portrait of betrayal hypocrisy love and loss' Chicago Tribune 'She tried to
laugh but was sobbing at the same time. She attempted to stand up and fell over but she
didn't shatter like the glass'Alone and adrift after losing everything in a divorce Betty
finds her life sliding dangerously out of control. When an older woman Laure discovers her
drunk in a Paris restaurant and nurses her back to health she is given another chance. But
Betty is damaged consumed by darkness. As the truth about her past and her nature emerges
it threatens to consume Laure too.Originally published in 1961 this gripping psychological
thriller caused a sensation and inspired a film adaptation by Claude Chabrol. 'Dark disturbing
... Simenon discovered something fundamental about the soul' Guardian
