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Vale of Tears (Bradecote and Catchpoll #5) by Sarah Hawkswood (Sept/Oct 25)
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Vale of Tears (Bradecote and Catchpoll #5) - SPOILER Thread - (Sept/Oct 25)
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Jul 19, 2020
Adrian
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I vaguely remember reading this 3 years ago, but still didn't remember much about it.
I wonder if Simenon , like Conan Doyle tried to finish with his creation and so in his case, just retired him, as this was quite early through the series of novels, or if he just wrote out of order 😊
Anyway in this book , Maigret is retired to the country ( by some of the later books, he and Mme Maigret are thinking of buying a small place for their retirement. ? ).
Anyway, as I said below wh ...more
I vaguely remember reading this 3 years ago, but still didn't remember much about it.
I wonder if Simenon , like Conan Doyle tried to finish with his creation and so in his case, just retired him, as this was quite early through the series of novels, or if he just wrote out of order 😊
Anyway in this book , Maigret is retired to the country ( by some of the later books, he and Mme Maigret are thinking of buying a small place for their retirement. ? ).
Anyway, as I said below wh ...more
Jun 15, 2015
John Frankham
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it was amazing
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The nineteenth Maigret (these written between between 1931 and 1934), and in this one Maigret has retired to the country and comes back to Paris when his nephew, a rookie policemen, is suspected of murder.
I imagine that Simenon had decided to finish Maigret, just as Conan Doyle tried to do the same with Sherlock Holmes.
The next one was not until, 1940, and in the end there were 75!
This one is superb again, with the characters of the worlds of nightclubs and the underworld displayed in all their ...more
I imagine that Simenon had decided to finish Maigret, just as Conan Doyle tried to do the same with Sherlock Holmes.
The next one was not until, 1940, and in the end there were 75!
This one is superb again, with the characters of the worlds of nightclubs and the underworld displayed in all their ...more
Aug 31, 2015
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The nephew of now-retired Inspector Maigret is a police officer in Paris working in Maigret's former department. The nephew is accused of killing a criminal during a stakeout - and Maigret returns to Paris to prove his nephew is innocent. Without authority to investigate, Maigret faces significant challenges in his attempts to clear his nephew.
Not unsurprising given there are about 70-some books in this series, to find the next installment pulls Maigret from his French countryside retirement bac ...more
Not unsurprising given there are about 70-some books in this series, to find the next installment pulls Maigret from his French countryside retirement bac ...more
This is the 19th book in this series. In the 18th book we found Maigret retiring to the countryside with his wife, and seems to enjoy his retirement, however he is woken in the night by his nephew. The nephew is a new police officer, but he has made a big mistake and finds himself wanted for murder. Naturally Maigret returns with his nephew to sort this problem out. Once back in the city he soon realises that he has no privileges of a police office, and some of his former officers resent his ret
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This may be my favorite Maigret yet (though I might have said that before). He is retired from the police so has to investigate without any authority but with a bit of help from former colleagues, and hinderance from others.
3.5*
