Madame Antoine seeks out Maigret. She thinks that someone is following her. Also breaking into her apartment while she is out and moving things.
Maigret promises to go and visit her the next day. Others in his department dismiss the old woman as mad.
Maigret has cause to visit Madame Antoine's apartment. She has been strangled.
It seems someone was entering her apartment after all but who? Maigret is sure that it must be someone who knew the old lady, could it be a relative? Her niece is a middle aged masseuse who only has a need for a man for one thing.
One of Madame Antoine's late husband was an inventor who ran the ironmongery section of a department store.
Maybe it was something he had once invented that was of interest. Maigret finds residue of gun oil.
There certainly were several interesting characters in Madame Antoine's circle. Maigret also feels guilt for the old lady's death. However when confronting a fat balding gangster. It seems Maigret also signed a death warrant for someone else.
A good episode, the kind that explores the seedy underbelly of Paris, which was right up Simenon's boulevard.
Maigret promises to go and visit her the next day. Others in his department dismiss the old woman as mad.
Maigret has cause to visit Madame Antoine's apartment. She has been strangled.
It seems someone was entering her apartment after all but who? Maigret is sure that it must be someone who knew the old lady, could it be a relative? Her niece is a middle aged masseuse who only has a need for a man for one thing.
One of Madame Antoine's late husband was an inventor who ran the ironmongery section of a department store.
Maybe it was something he had once invented that was of interest. Maigret finds residue of gun oil.
There certainly were several interesting characters in Madame Antoine's circle. Maigret also feels guilt for the old lady's death. However when confronting a fat balding gangster. It seems Maigret also signed a death warrant for someone else.
A good episode, the kind that explores the seedy underbelly of Paris, which was right up Simenon's boulevard.