He drank Vouvray and cognac (not together), and he regretted missing the lunch of snails that his wife ate. Think there was some more food in there, but don't remember. I enjoyed this, but not top drawer Maigret for me.

Maigret is close to retirement, though the authorities have just raised retirement age for police inspectors by five years, so he's got some way to go yet. Simenon deftly paints an impression of a man ready to lay down the burden of long responsibility, and who will likely be lost without that lifetime purpose.

Following what the papers report as a frenzied knife attack by a lunatic, Maigret is pressured by the Examining Magistrate to bring in the "psychopath" as soon as possible. Maigret eschews these gross oversimplifications of character, taking chances on his intuition to understand the character of the man he needs to bring before what passes for justice. While Maigret is never conflicted in his duty, his compassion for victim and perpetrator set him apart from those around him as much as the killer's crime sets him apart from society. ( )

Encore un excellent Maigret ! Décidément les derniers écrits me semblent tellement plus riches que les premiers !
Dans cette enquête on retrouve l’amour de de l’auteur pour Paris et ses canaux, ses péniches, ses quartiers et ses petites ruelles.

Une enquête avec un petit twist qui débouche sur un tueur fort attachant ?!? Car oui, Maigret ne juge généralement pas, il laisse ce soin à la justice.

Un roman qui m’a pas mal fait rire (jaune) aujourd’hui, alors que toute la France revendique la conservation des acquis sociaux sur les retraites. A deux ans de la retraite, Maigret apprend qu’il va écoper de trois ans de malus. Bim ! (Et personne ne moufte ?)

Un polar avec des voleurs de tableaux, un psychopathe au couteau, une famille richissime, une serveuse amoureuse, Madame Maigret (qui conduit la voiture !), des sandwiches et des bières… ( )

Un Maigret decisamente sottotono, in cui Simenon cerca di mascherare un'ispirazione non brillante allungando il brodo (le rapine in villa), azzardando psicologie (la famiglia della vittima e il serial killer renitente) e riciclando situazioni (la confessione nel salotto di casa).
La vicenda scorre con qualche passaggio a vuoto mentre la primavera parigina inizia a sbocciare: il lettore si lascia trasportare ma non viene mai davvero coinvolto causa mancanza di profondità. ( )

V detektivním, psychologicky laděném románě, dokončeném v r. 1969, umožňuje kazetový magnetofon ubodaného studenta, vášnivého lovce zvuku, analyzovat zvyky a záliby oběti a seznámit s prostředím vraždy na pařížském předměstí. Mistrný, psychologicky promyšlený postup komisaře Maigreta přivádí na stopu vraha a posléze ho donutí, aby se v raskolnikovsky laděné zpovědi doznal k dvěma vraždám. (Založil/a: vladislaus)