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Willy Ferrière is a gambler living beyond his means, and his mistress is as greedy as he's dead broke. One day, he says out of loud in a a Montparnasse café that he would give 100,000 francs to get rid of his wealthy aunt so he could claim his inheritance. Someone secretly lets Willy know it's a deal. The old lady is murdered, and a low-life criminal is manipulated to be the perfect suspect. But Superintendant Maigret feels something is wrong.

A desperate gambler's whispered wish for his aunt's demise turns into a lethal proposition when a shadow in a Montparnasse café takes him up on the offer. This tense period thriller tracks how quickly a life of luxury can crumble under the weight of a murderous inheritance plot.