The Cellars of the Majestic (Inspector Maigret)

Good old Maigret. What would I do without him for sleepless nights? A wealthy American's wife turns up strangled in the staff lockers of a luxury Paris hotel. Whodunit, and why dunit there? The accused is a hapless breakfast cook, but Maigret isn't buying his guilt. This isn't the first or the last......more

Just a brief review. A rich American businessman's wife is found strangled in a locker in the basement of the Hotel Majestic. A cook of the hotel finds her and becomes the number one suspect, because it turns out he and the lady have a past together. As the story plays out we learn who the murdered w......more

Not necessarily the best Simeon plot, but, as usual, the human quality of Maigret makes all the difference. We should name him the quiet detective: no gun, no driving license, no any fight, no turbulent happenings. Well, with a little exception, as our hero punches a man in the nose, only to show hi......more

Maigret è tornato Ventesima indagine per il nostro commissario di Parigi Maigret, indagine che forse Simenon non pensava assolutamente di scrivere visto che col precedente Maigret lo aveva tranquillamente mandato in pensione. Come spiegato, egli aveva fatto ciò perché voleva smettere di scrivere altr......more