

I devoured both my lunch & this Maigret in one sitting: both were satisfying 😋
When one of his inspectors is gunned down on a routine stakeout, Maigret takes advantage of his wife's temporary absence to move into the suspect's bedsit to get a feel for the human currents flowing through the down-at-heel suburban respectability of the crime scene. This one felt tense & claustrophobic, and Mlle Clément one of Simenon's more intriguing characters. 5⭐
johncadams I do love Maigret. I thought the TV adaptations a while back were particularly good. 2y
Bookwomble @johncadams The Rowan Atkinson ones? I thought he was excellent in them, although he doesn't, I think, fit the description of Maigret in the books. Michael Gambon strikes me retrospectively as filling the role physically, but I'd not read the books then so can't say how well he matched him character-wise, but he's also an assessment actor, so... (Sorry for waffling! ☺️) 2y
Bookwomble - excellent actor - (What's an "assessment actor"? ??♂️) 2y
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