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The Shadow Puppet (Maigret, #13)

Georges Simenon

Start date: July 15, 2023

Finish date: August 6, 2023

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Jan 08, 2020 Adrian rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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Lunchtime Listen August 2025

Well as per my review of the book below, the audio book was good, but… So I agree with my younger self below in that in the end it was all a little easy for Maigret. Very atmospheric novel, brilliantly evocative of Paris, and wonderfully read as ever, but , just not the best of Maigret stories.

Ad hoc series read 2019/20

A solid 4 stars ⭐️ with review to follow tomorrow

So here we are in early January and already I am a few books behind schedule, to the extent that I ...more

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Aug 27, 2016 John rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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Jul 11, 2023 Jill rated it really liked it

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In this book Maigret is staying in his own part of Paris. He is called to a building where a murder has been committed. The building connects to a lab where dealing with serums, and it is the owner of this business that has been shot. At first glance it seems like it is only a murder but then it follows that a safe has been cleared of a large amount to money. It also seems that the ex wife of this man is staying in the same location, and she has also remarried. Maigret works slowly as usual, int ...more

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Aug 16, 2016 Tony Fitzpatrick rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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Jul 31, 2016 John Frankham rated it it was amazing

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The twelfth Maigret novel. A good'un. A cast restricted to the 28 inhabitants of an apartment block where a man is found shot. Complex relationships between first and second families, wives, mistresses, concierge, etc. Maigret persists in this claustrophobic atmosphere, and there is a stunning twist! Wonderful. ...more

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Nov 12, 2023 Marilyn Maya rated it really liked it · review of another edition

My first experience with Georges Simenon's Inspector Maigret was a delight. I picked this Penguin up used and it was very beat up, yet I couldn't stay away from the yellowed pages. The setting takes place mostly in the beautiful Place de Vosges in Paris. The characters are distinct and very French, which I loved, and the time in the early thirties was gold. I gave it four stars because the ending was a tad anti-climatic. I can't wait to read the rest of the series. ...more

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Apr 27, 2015 Nanosynergy rated it liked it

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A drug-company CEO is murdered in a courtyard of apartments leaving a fortune - but also an very bitter ex-wife and her husband, a second wife, an adoring mistress and a drug-addicted son.

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