Here we have a story that is more than meets the eye. Paris is enmeshed in a soupy fog that gives the morning the appearance of a Gothic evening. Maigret makes his way from his home to police headquarters where a young lady with a modest and mousy demeanor, Mlle. Cécile Pardon, has been dutifully aw...
Maigret is drawn into a murder case and uncovers a lot more than what was on the surface. Blackmail, deception, robbery and murder! Another tightly written Maigret mystery.4 STARS
Well, this review turned out to be a whole helluva lot harder to write than I thought when I was snorting my way through this book. This was chosen as a group read for a romance reading group, out of list of capital-L Literature books that are read primarily for their sexual content, stuff like The ...
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