“One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . Simenon was unequaled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at

Inspector Maigret has little reason to mourn the death of an unsavoury ex-postmistress, so why was he digging out the townsfolk's deepest secrets?.

A pickpocket helps himself to Maigret's wallet and which then leads him to a complicated case of murder. Police procedural.

When Maigret receives a visit from an old schoolmate whose mistress has been shot to death, he feels compelled to look into the case. Yet his friend is one of t