The Night at the Crossroads
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Average rating4.5
A classic among Simenons, this is the story of Maigret's night vigil at the Three Widows' Crossroads, where the body of a Jewish diamond-merchant had been found. Pompous M. Michonnet, at one house, owned the car containing the corpse; aristocratic Carl Andersen, the Dane, owned the garage containing the car; and vulgar M. Oscar, at the service-station, simply sold petrol to all-comers. None of them knew a thing. Then the victim's widow is shot dead at Maigret's feet, and he plunges into action to uncover a tight little criminal web with a woman at the center of it.
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Maigret stomps from one house in the woods to another, and uncovers a scheme involving organized crime, con artists, and moidah! Some great action scenes, and a wonderfully dark atmosphere inside the houses. Makes sense that this one is kind of a classic. Would love to see the Renoir adaptation sometime.
Series
46 primary books47 released booksInspector Maigret is a 47-book series with 46 primary works first released in 1930 with contributions by Georges Simenon, David Bellos, and 16 others.
