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Another introspective novel featuring Maigret.Much of the novel‘s action is centered around meetings with staff over beers & food,interviews,& visits to the murdered man‘s home.Maigret is trying to wrap his head around the murdered “good man”, a decent man, who has no blight in his character.Then why a murder? The presence of a murderer stalks Maigret‘s psyche.In the end,he uncovers a pathological killer known to,but hidden by the family.

I enjoyed this for the escapism, concise writing and sense of Paris. Unlike Agatha Christie, it doesn‘t give you so many clues that you feel like you can solve the mystery. But I enjoyed the genteel pace, Maigret questioning waiters & drinking beer in cafés & the French sensibility. He‘s been compared w Camus & Kafka - I‘d have to read more to get a sense of that. Maybe his look at social structures & light touch: lets you read between the lines.