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The final 'Maigret' novels are supposed to be weaker than the earlier books, the series fizzling to an unsatisfying terminus, but I rather enjoyed this one. In fact I thought the setting was poignant and intriguing, the plot unexpected. My only reservation concerns the nature of the anonymous tip off that Maigret receives midway through the book. Unless I missed something very subtle this seems to be a loose end that isn't tied up. Had it been tied up I might have enthused about this novel even more than I am doing.

There are 75 novels in the series. I have now read 74. One more to go!