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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: 🔎⚡🔨⚡🌉

Inspired by Scott's @vivastory post last week about Maigret, I'm continuing my own journey through Simenon's extensive novel series about the gruff but empathic French Chief Inspector.
These three #LibraryHaul are all coincidentally early in the series, 3, 4 and 6 from left to right. Simenon's dating of the tagged story within the narrative is a giveaway, as the later novels contain only vague hints to date, which gives them a fuzzy, ⬇️

An enjoyable early Maigret mystery, in which the inspector investigates the murder of a man with a rather shady past.

Third book finished for the #FabulousFebruary readathon. @Andrew65

#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

I'll call this a pick because it was a serviceable read at a time when I needed exactly that. An early Maigret so perhaps a bit fresher than a later installment.