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"When Mrs. Maigret noticed a man sitting across from their flat in the Place des Vosges every day, Maigret took to kidding her about him, calling him "her secret admirer". She noticed that when he was there, there was usually a young blonde governess on an opposite bench. One day Maigret is surprised to see the man there while he is at home, seemingly asleep. At closing time of the park, the man still hasn't moved, and Maigret goes down and discovers he's been shot dead. Maigret has Mrs. Maigret scout the neighborhood for gossip, and he learns that the blonde girl was Rita, a maid at Boris Krofta's. The concierge there says she hadn't seen Rita come out. Mrs. Maigret reports that Rita doesn't seem to have been a real maid, and Maigret goes to the Krofta's to discover they've just reported Rita missing, along with their jewels.
No information is available from records about the man, about 28, who'd been dressed as an older man. Maigret realizes that Rita might be alive and still in the house, so he returns with a search warrant, to discover Mrs. Maigret in a flat next to the one a piano was delivered to, talking to a neighbor. Maigret opens the piano case to discover Rita, but a call from his Chief comes in saying that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has declared hands off. Lucien, who rented the apartment, had worked for Krofka, killed Rita's accomplice when they'd discovered them spying on them. Krofta is himself a spy, and it is now a matter for Intelligence.
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Dana Samson, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 40%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 30%
Tone of story
- Dry-cynical
How difficult to spot villain?
- Challenging
Time/era of story:
- 1960's-1970's
What % of story relates directly
to the mystery, not the subplot?
- 70%
Kind of investigator
- police procedural, Foreign
Kid or adult book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Any non-mystery subplot?
- terrorism/spies
Crime Thriller
Yes
Murder Mystery (killer unknown)
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
Age:
- 40's-50's
How much violence does he/she use?
- a little
Ethnicity/Race
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Genius (really!)
Physique
- healthy but a geeky weakling
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- spy
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a little/some
Motive of antagonist
- power
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- France
Style
Part of a series?
Yes
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
How many deaths?
- 1
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
Unusual form of death?
Yes
Amount of dialog
- significantly more descript than dialog
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