Maigret’s Mistake: Inspector Maigret #43

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‘Irresistible . . . so tightly wound that there’s no natural place to put it down’ Independent ‘Maigret had questioned thousands, tens of thousands of people in the course of his career, some occupying important positions, others who were more famous for their wealth, and others still who were considered the most intelligent of international criminals. Yet he attached an importance to this interrogation he had attached to no previous interrogation, and it wasn’t Gouin’s social position that overawed him, or his worldwide fame.”One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . Simenon was unequalled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories’ Guardian

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