Maigret Takes A Room (Inspector Maigret)

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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 absorbing us obsessively in his stories The GuardianWhen a man is killed outside a Parisian boarding house Inspector Maigret moves in to get to the bottom of itWhile keeping watch outside Mademoiselle Clments boarding house to await a suspect in a local bar robbery a man named Janvier is shot in the chest When Maigret whose wife is away caring for her sister in Alsace hears of the crime he moves into the boarding house to solve the case But the web quickly grows evermore tangled and Maigret must navigate generationslong secrets and a torrid affair to find his answers before its too late