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"A young man, Alain Lagrange, visits Maigret's apartment while he is out. He leaves before Maigret returns, taking the revolver Maigret had received as a gift from the FBI. That evening Maigret dines at the Pardons, where François Lagrange, Alain's father and an old schoolmate of Pardon's, had been expected, but didn't appear due to ill health. Pardon mentions Lagrange's son, which leads Maigret to visit Lagrange on the off chance that his son was the one who stole the revolver. Leaving Lagrange's, Maigret chats with the concierge, who mentions that Lagrange had been well enough to go out the night before with a heavy trunk. Maigret investigates and finds Deputy André Delteil's body in the trunk at the Gare du Nord. Lagrange refuses to talk at all, seemingly mad.
A policeman had spotted a man matching Alain's description outside an apartment on Boulevard Richard-Wallace, where Maigret discovers that Jeanne Debul, who had known Lagrange, lived. She had just left for London. Maigret finds that Alain has also taken a plane to London, and so he follows them. He finds Alain hiding under a bed in Debul's hotel room, waiting to shoot her, believing that she had been the cause of his father's hardships. Actually, she was apparently an extortionist, using Lagrange to collect for her. He had apparently decided to try to get more from Delteil for himself, and in the process, wound up shooting him with his own gun. Maigret convinces Alain to give up his plan, takes him under his wing, and they return to Paris, where Maigret expects one day to find a reason to arrest Debul. "
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 - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 10%
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?
- nearly 100%
Kind of investigator
- police procedural, Foreign
Kid or adult book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
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:
- Female
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- criminal
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a moderate amount
Motive of antagonist
- money/treasure
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
- 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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