Le Chien Jaune

from stillatim

People seem to really like this Maigret; I didn't like it more than many of the others I've read. Of course, there isn't much variation.

from Markus.bauer

Eine Art Kammerspiel in einem Cafe/Hotel in der Kleinstadt Concarneau am Meer in der Bretagne, das Bürgertum zerfällt und Maigret wartet bis sich der Fall fast von selber löst.

from thom001

The rainy Breton port town of Concarneau provides a moody background to Le Chien jaune (Maigret and the Yellow Dog in English), Georges Simenon's tale of revenge featuring the stolid and unflappable Commissaire Maigret. True to form, the strengths of Simenon's novel are its atmospheric sense of p...

from charlie68

A satisfying mystery aptly written.

from Auntie-Nanuuq

Oh there is action in this book, but it mainly the peripheral characters.... Maigret is more than silent & foreboding. He allows the characters to go about their business as he sits smoking his pipe, drinking his libations, and making note of what is going on around him.Three men of good standing...