Inspector Maigret Mysteries: Maigret and the Man on the Boulevard (Paperback)

from BooksForDinner

Quality Maigret as always. It is remarkable how good his books are despite having churned so many of them out. I can't think of someone who was a better combination of production and quality.

from earthwind

Mondays are not usually a crime day, but when a man is found stabbed to death in an alley, the investigation by Maigret leads to many people who saw him sitting on various benches on one of the Paris boulevards and reveals the tale of a deadly marriage. Interesting line drawings of benches.facing...

from Markus.bauer

Herbst in Paris, immer wieder fällt kühler Regen, in der Gegend um den Boulevard Saint-Martin wird ein Mann mit gelben Schuhen hinterrücks ermordet und Maigret deckt langsam ein Doppelleben auf.

from mstrust

Maigret is called to see the body of a man stabbed in the back in a narrow Parisian alleyway. The man seems utterly unremarkable, so why would anyone bother to stab him? Maigret's digging uncovers a timid husband who was too afraid to tell his wife he had long ago lost his job, a bratty daughter ...

from MlleEhreen

I really wish this book hadn't ended badly. I was charmed as I read, intrigued by the mystery, diverted by all the odd people Maigret meets and interviews over the course of his investigation. It opens with a murder, and much of the book is about piecing together the victim's double life: by even...