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In this mystery, a fellow policeman is shot multiple times it‘s first surmised,by gangsters.What follows is an investigation featuring Maigret‘s thoughtful pipe smoking,ingenious detection,his infallible processing of all the pieces of the puzzle until its whole emerges, & his slowly building to intensity interrogation techniques, both verbal,& nonverbal.To his wife‘s delight, he calls upon her to help him over a memorable lunch. 🔽

Loved The Mapmaker‘s Daughter, #historicalfiction & The School of Mirrors #historicalfiction #literarycrew
Currently reading are all different genres: #literaryfiction #mystery #serieslove2024 #memoir
#readyourkindle

#wondrouswednesday

📚 I have no specific memory but rather it‘s the feeling of excitement & anticipation I felt when my mom would take all of us to the library on Saturdays.

📚I get books from: audible,kindle,library,neighbors,bookstores.Often I find Blackwells of UK with lower prices & earlier publishing dates.Thanks to @LeahBergen for that online bookstore referral!

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Inviting all Littens to participate!

Bonus AI mash-up #tuesdaytune shenanigans. For my brother from another mother, @Bookwomble , I asked AI to give me David Bowie reading Maigret. 🥴

#Bookreport #May5to112024
Currently Reading: #desthdoula #memoir #literarycrew #sundaybuddyread #DorothyParker #AlgonquinRoundTable
Finished: #readyourkindle #CalendarMysteries #seasonalcozies #Maigret #historicalfiction #AmeliaPeabody #Eygptoloy #serieslove2024

Well, it's hardly the Hound of the Baskervilles, but the eponymous yellow dog of the story is considered a harbinger of ill fortune by the Breton townsfolk of Concarneau: a relative of the folkloric hellhounds of Britanno-Celtic legend.
Maigret is on one of his many secondments to Brittany, and also in one of his most quixotic moods, presenting himself as bumbling, unconcerned and obtuse, all the while unerringly closing in on his suspects 4⭐

This detective story featuring Maigret,has a slow & steady rhythm. His writing style is spare but effective. The murdered victim tracks the “sounds”of life on a cassette recorder he wears visibly around his neck.What evidence might be in those tapes? Red herrings take Maigret on one path involving house break-ins-might thse men be connected to the murder?But when Maigret strategically uses the newspapers to draw the perpetrator out 🔽

Enjoying a lazy afternoon of reading with my cats. #libraryfinds #InspectorMaigret

Starting this tonight. #libraryfind #serieslove2024
#AwesomeAprilReadathon

French detective, French cake, French apéritif. Literary flavour 🙂
Maigret had quite a few clues to follow and deduce from in this story, though it was, as usual, his psychological insight into victim and perpetrator that led him to the solution.
Unusually, I figured out the key elements of the MO early on, but probably only because it has similarities to one of Doyle's Holmes stories: 🔎⚡🔨⚡🌉