Not bad. A French criminal sociologist's the leading suspect in a murder while visiting Finland, and he insists on having a French policeman as an advocate. The lead Finnish investigator asks for Maigret, whom he's worked with before. Amusing study of approaches between the 'useless' academic who's studying the murder logistics, the provincial Finnish superintendent who just wants a clean and fast wrap-up, and of course, Maigret, who wants to know the actual culprit.
Besides the pain-in-the-ass main suspect, seems that almost everyone had a reason for wanting to bump the guy off, as he'd slept with most of the women in the town, and was planning on running off with his latest. Was also the navigator for the local smuggling operations. But it's the sister-in-law who offs him because he told her he was leaving and he'd only been sleeping with her out of pity since her deformity after an old accident. Gee.
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seems that almost everyone had a reason for wanting to bump the guy off, as he'd slept with most of the women in the town
sigh...that's true with a great many Maigret villians, as it was true with the author himself. Nonetheless, here is a Maigret I'm not sure I've read and may have to hunt for. It is my favorite series of novels.
http://tinyurl.com/lzqlol
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