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Stockholm : Aldus/Bonnier, 1970
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Investigating the murder of one of Paris's elite, the detective Maigret finds the list of suspects is longer than anyone could have imagined When a wealthy wine merchant is shot and killed in Paris, Inspector Maigret must investigate a long list of family, colleagues and lovers to uncover just who could have committed the crime. Delving into the depths of the man's personality, Maigret discovers that the victim may have made one too many enemies on his way to the top. Breathlessly paced and psychologically astute, Maigret and the Wine Merchant is a thrilling mystery from the master Georges Simenon.
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LibraryThing member franoscar
Absolute spoiler. Look at all those covers. The one in our library has a library binding. May be part of Simenon project. I am pretty sure I read this before. A prominent wine merchant is shot in the street as he is leaving a house of ill repute which both provides facilities for illicit couples
I read this with Maigret and the Man on the Bench and they share the important plot point of a man who loses his job and doesn't tell his horrible wife but pretends to keep working & somehow brings home money. There are differences (of course) but it is a theme.
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and women for partnerless men. This guy is there with his secretary. He is a compulsive womanizer (huh) and a real bastard to everybody. Maigret wanders around, with the cold or the flu, talking to people who don't tell him much. The wife who put up with the guy is given significant descriptive treatment. Maigret is contacted by a man who wants him to know how bad the murder victim was and who turns out to be the murderer. He comes to confess to Maigret at home in the middle of the night.I read this with Maigret and the Man on the Bench and they share the important plot point of a man who loses his job and doesn't tell his horrible wife but pretends to keep working & somehow brings home money. There are differences (of course) but it is a theme.
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LibraryThing member thorold
Fairly standard late-period Maigret: bad weather, Maigret has 'flu, and the process of discovering what sort of a man the victim was — in this case, a womaniser on a practically Simenonic scale — is far more interesting than the sordid business of finding the murderer.
LibraryThing member Jcambridge
A quick read that was OK, but not great. For a change, I think I prefer watching the TV series to reading the books. Maigret is an interesting character.
LibraryThing member lamour
Wine merchant Oscar Chabut is murdered as he emerges from a notorious Paris brothel. As Inspector Maigret tracks down his killer, he finds that he has many suspects as Chabut was not a well like man. He was notorious for sleeping with the wives of his friends and business acquaintances and did not
This is a readable mystery that seems to impart the notion that almost every married person in Paris is unfaithful.
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hide that he did so. As well he abused his employees forcing the women into sexual relationships and the men into fearing him.This is a readable mystery that seems to impart the notion that almost every married person in Paris is unfaithful.
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French
Original publication date
1970