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Character is everything in this episode. Maigret divines personalities and motivations to gradually unfold the psychological currents which have led to the murder of the mistress of a brilliant but amoral brain surgeon. Maigret himself is very much under Simenon's microscope in this one, and it's been said that Maigret and the surgeon are starkly reflected aspects of Georges himself, which is somewhat disturbing, come to think of it. 4.5 ⭐

Stop the bus! A new-to-me Maigret at the library 😁 Everything else on hold until I've read this. At number 43 in the series, it's about halfway through the run, written in 1953, so Maigret is already a well established institution in the police service.
In this one, the blurb says he makes an uncharacteristic error of judgement, which is a good hook. Looking forward to this one.

Morning coffee & Maigret to soothe my soul #ParisinJuly