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Carregando... Maigret and the Hotel Majestic (1942)de Georges Simenon
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Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. De plus en plus, je trouve des similitudes entre Maigret et Columbo. Cette façon qu’ils ont de s’attacher aux protagonistes, leurs refus de l’évidence… Certes, des caractéristiques communes à bien des polars, pourtant, c’est avec la même l’humanité qu’ils agissent. L’histoire d’un coupable trop évident à disculper dans les caves d’un grand hôtel Emilienne Clark, una hermosa joven, rica y elegante, aparece estrangulada en los laberínticos sótanos del Majestic, el hotel donde se hospedaba. Dado que, su marido, Oswald Clark, es un importante empresario, el juez encargado del caso recomienda al comisario Maigret que sobre todo, actúe con discreción. Aunque los indicios apuntan a que Prosper Donge —el empleado que ha descubierto el cadáver— es el asesino, Maigret no quiere precipitarse. ¿Conocía Prosper Donge a la víctima? ¿Qué oscuro secreto ocultaba Emilienne a los que la rodeaban? Cuando se produce un segundo crimen, Maigret olvida la discreción que tan encarecidamente le han recomendado. Otra entrega más del siempre interesante Comisario Maigret. My first Maigret, which is kind of unbelievable given how much I like mid-century mystery, but there you go. I chose it somewhat randomly from my library's collection. It is #20, but all the books are basically standalone, so I was fine. Apparently there have been retcons and other variations across the years, but I was ignorant. Maigret is called to investigate the murder of a wealthy American woman whose strangled body is found in the basement work areas of the luxury Hotel Majestic. She turns out not to be American, and suspicion falls on Prosper Donge, the still-room employee who has a connection to her. But her (genuinely American) husband and her son's governess are having an affair, so what about them? Unraveling the connections and solving the mystery requires Maigret to investigate all kinds of Majestic employees, as well as take a quick trip to Cannes to check out Prosper's previous job and friends. Like so many before me, I loved Maigret. He is a terrific character who figures things out by paying attention to the people around him, listening, and sifting through clues. He's confident but not hubris-filled, and he has a happy marriage. Zut alors! And Simenon's evocation of Paris and Parisians is wonderful. The style is compact and minimalist, with no wasted words. I am so happy that I have dozens more ahead of me, not to mention the non-Maigrets. sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
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In the luxury Hotel Majestic, the French wife of a wealthy American businessman is discovered, murdered, in a locker in the hotel's dank basement. The story touches on the illusions of class, the fragility of respectability, and the dark secrets that can unite the most unlikely people. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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Google Books — Carregando... GênerosClassificação decimal de Dewey (CDD)843.912Literature French French fiction Modern Period 20th Century 1900-1945Classificação da Biblioteca do Congresso dos E.U.A. (LCC)AvaliaçãoMédia:
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Et ici, comme à son habitude, Maigret questionne, tourne autour de son sujet, tâtonne, s’imprègne et évite une confrontation trop rapide et brutale.
Un opus avec de délicieuses descriptions de femmes, épouses, assistantes, bibliothécaires, bonnes, concierges qui gravitent toutes autour du mâle. Médecin brillant et homme à femmes.
Alors… Maigret s’est-il trompé ? ( )