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Lunchtime Listen June 2022
Really enjoyable listen despite me reading it only 4 years ago. A big gap between the first half of the listen and the second due to almost 3 weeks of the family and twins where ny wife and I had no time to read or listen to an audiobook.
As ever these Maigret audiobooks are brilliantly read by Gareth Armstrong .
Personal Maigret Challenge April 2018
Right, well this has to be my favourite fiction book of the year, easily. I don't think I have ever read any Maigret before ...more
Really enjoyable listen despite me reading it only 4 years ago. A big gap between the first half of the listen and the second due to almost 3 weeks of the family and twins where ny wife and I had no time to read or listen to an audiobook.
As ever these Maigret audiobooks are brilliantly read by Gareth Armstrong .
Personal Maigret Challenge April 2018
Right, well this has to be my favourite fiction book of the year, easily. I don't think I have ever read any Maigret before ...more
This was my first Maigret. It was a bit formulaic in plot. However, I did like the characters and it was an enjoyable read. If anything I am curious now to visit Fecamp and eat herring. I liked the ending and you can only imagine the fallout of such an ending for a detective in 2016 opposed to 1930!
I just did a second read of this novel. What I really enjoyed was the way the author captures the atmosphere from wet Fecamp to Paris and the five star hotels to the slum quarter. This time around I e ...more
I just did a second read of this novel. What I really enjoyed was the way the author captures the atmosphere from wet Fecamp to Paris and the five star hotels to the slum quarter. This time around I e ...more
Shows promise as a series, but I'm yet to be convinced.
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I was kind of lost in the sauce when it came to the actual mystery until the end, but man no one writes about walking around a city in the pouring rain like Simenon.
Jul 21, 2019
Laurel
marked it as to-read
Sep 08, 2021
Niveditha
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Nov 14, 2021
Corey Nelson
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Feb 28, 2022
Vanessa
marked it as get-out-again
Feb 20, 2023
Greg Hickey
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Feb 28, 2023
Daniy ♠
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