- Paperback: 180 pages
- Publisher: Harvest/HBJ Book (Jun 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0156028506
- ISBN-13: 978-0156028509
- Product Dimensions: 20.5 x 13.6 x 1.2 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,635,280 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The highly popular pipe-smoking Inspector Maigret embarks on more detective adventures which involve the darker impulses of the human heart and violent betrayals. These titles are reissued to coincide with the Granada dramatizations starring Michael Gambon.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Ideal summer vacation reading
10 July 2003
Format:Hardcover
Imagine drinking a glass of Calvados. The title is ambiguous. She was a tiny woman insisting upon seeing Chief Inspector Maigret personally. Madame Antoine, aged, having lived in her apartment for a long time, reported that her things had been moved. There is only the key she keeps in her bag. A niece and her son are her only relatives. She is pefectly aware that a young person might consider her mad. The concierge says she is very much like any other old person living by herself. Her clear gray eyes make an impression on Maigret. Then she is murdered, suffocated, and an investigation ensues. The police search and question, after all this is a police procedural. Maigret discovers that the victim had practiced twenty five years of thrift. A character named Le Grand Marcel is brought into the picture.
The fineness of the writing (translated?) transcends the genre. Picking up a Maigret novel is a matter of dealing in a brand name consumer good. One is never disappointed. The storytelling is simple, classical, felicitous. Simenon used masterful economy in his art. The short bursts of information create an almost Raymond Carverish style. One is transported to Paris in the Spring. Time spent in the company of Maigret and his gifted inspectors Lapointe, Lucas, and Janvier is a pleasure.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Thoughtful Writing
25 Nov 2003
Format:Paperback
This is a thoughtful well-plotted mystery. The author does a fine job portrayng Maigret, the other detectives, the victim (an elderly lady), her niece and her niece's son. The writing is simple and easy to understand. Simemon does not waste words but he brings the characters to life. The reader will be kept guessing until the end of the book.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
No motives and few suspects
7 May 2009
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
We all know how paranoia can grip the elderly. So when an 86-year-old lady tells the police that someone is entering her apartment when she's out and moving things around, and that someone may be following her too, can we blame Maigret for being a bit skeptical?
Will she have to be murdered before Maigret believes her?
This is a low-key case that doesn't make headlines, yet Maigret, once he gets started, gives it his all. There's a secret somewhere, maybe in the keeping of the needy relatives. Yet why rob or kill an old lady when you're going to inherit her money anyway? The Chief Superintendent is at a loss for a motive.
The sun shines persistently throughout the story, in contrast with Maigret's lack of inspiration.
Once again Maigret is cutting back on alcohol, but he does succumb to a second glass of wine at one point. After all, "Dr. Pardon would never know."
Will she have to be murdered before Maigret believes her?
This is a low-key case that doesn't make headlines, yet Maigret, once he gets started, gives it his all. There's a secret somewhere, maybe in the keeping of the needy relatives. Yet why rob or kill an old lady when you're going to inherit her money anyway? The Chief Superintendent is at a loss for a motive.
The sun shines persistently throughout the story, in contrast with Maigret's lack of inspiration.
Once again Maigret is cutting back on alcohol, but he does succumb to a second glass of wine at one point. After all, "Dr. Pardon would never know."
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