Maigret's Boyhood Friend (Harvest/HBJ Book)

books read in 2012 (11 items)
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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 boyhood friend is one of the suspects--along with the dead woman's four other lovers, each unknown to the others. Patiently Maigret works on his less-than-honest friend and a truculent concierge who knows more than she will tell. Slowly, some unpleasant truths begin to surface, and, in a startling finale, Maigret has no trouble seeing through the murderer's act.