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Maigret and The Man on the Boulevard
Louis Thouret is found stabbed in an alleyway off the Boulevard Saint-Martin. When his wife identifies the body, she notices that he is wearing a tie and shoes that she has never seen before. When Maigret investigates further, he uncovers a man with a secret, double life, but why did he spend days sitting on a bench just watching the world go by?
Extract:
On the ground, against the dripping wall, lay a man, one arm bent underneath him, the other stretched out, so that the ghostly hand almost touched the opposite wall, barring the way.
“Is he dead?”
The doctor, a local man, nodded:
“Death must have been instantaneous”
As if to underline these words, one of the torches played its circular back and forth over the corpse, throwing the projecting handle of the knife into eerie relief.
Review:
“Simenon’s Maigret, cool and classic as ever… All mystery buffs should celebrate.”
-Scott Turow
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