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Lock No. 1 (Maigret, #18)
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My August Maigret - chosen because it was available and because that misty cover looks so cool, compared to what feels like an endless heat wave in the PNW.
I am confused by the fact that this book has Maigret retiring, when he manifestly does not retire. Is he planning to grow vegetable marrows? Throwing himself off of Reichenbach falls? What is happening here?
Anyway, I did not like this one so well as my July Maigret, although I think that 3 stars is about as low as I am likely to go with a Maigret mystery given how much I love Simenon's atmospheric prose. The near-victim, Ducrau is a wholly unlikeable, and I found myself spending most of the book wishing that someone would tip him back into the canal and that, this time, he would drown.
Anyway, I'm so curious about this retirement thing that I put the next book on hold because I have to know.
I am confused by the fact that this book has Maigret retiring, when he manifestly does not retire. Is he planning to grow vegetable marrows? Throwing himself off of Reichenbach falls? What is happening here?
Anyway, I did not like this one so well as my July Maigret, although I think that 3 stars is about as low as I am likely to go with a Maigret mystery given how much I love Simenon's atmospheric prose. The near-victim, Ducrau is a wholly unlikeable, and I found myself spending most of the book wishing that someone would tip him back into the canal and that, this time, he would drown.
Anyway, I'm so curious about this retirement thing that I put the next book on hold because I have to know.
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August 2, 2021
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August 2, 2021
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"I decided to read one Maigret a month - no order, no plans, just check out something that looks intriguing and that is available. My library has the entire catalog of the new Penguin translations available as ebooks."
August 4, 2021
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rated it 3 stars
Aug 04, 2021 08:10PM
The Late Monsieur Gaillet was so much better than this one; that was 4.5 stars for me, but this one - not so much. I have yet to go lower than 3 stars (even with A Man’s Head, and The Hanged Man of Saint-Pholien) because he seems to bottom out at “average”, not “bad”.
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Two Envelopes and a Phone wrote: "The Late Monsieur Gaillet was so much better than this one; that was 4.5 stars for me, but this one - not so much. I have yet to go lower than 3 stars (even with A Man’s Head, and The Hanged Man of..."I definitely agree about The Late Monsieur Gaillet - such a good one.
