Reviews

The Saint-Fiacre Affair by Georges Simenon

blanche_l's review against another edition

4.0

Je ne connais pas suffisamment Simenon pour essentialiser son œuvre, mais c'est la deuxième enquête de Maigret que je lis et j'y retrouve cette sensation poisseuse. Comme si l'ambiance du roman me collait à la peau, comme si la lecture me plongeait dans un univers humide, vieillot et gluant.

Ici, il s'agit d'une affaire de famille, ou plutôt d'une affaire de village. Une comtesse est morte subitement, et plusieurs personnages apparaissent comme des suspects potentiels. On plonge dans les secrets des petites villes, de ces endroits un peu fantasmés où l'on a l'impression que tout le monde se connaît, a grandi ensemble, est au courant de tous les secrets de famille. C'est un univers qui n'est pas agréable, mais qui est diablement intéressant.

crnavedrana's review against another edition

adventurous sad fast-paced

4.5

suza09's review against another edition

2.0

Couldn’t get into ://

writerlibrarian's review against another edition

3.0

Not the best Maigret I have read. Simenon tries to pull off an almost Miss Marple type of plot. Maigret's return to his hometown to witness an announced murder is the best part of the plot. Maigret as a secondary character, Marple type of investigator is not a good match. The confrontational meal where the culprit is found out is too long. Still, a subpar Maigret is still a good mystery.

furfff's review against another edition

2.0

Wanted to love this one. Was super intrigued by the plot (a murder promised right in front of maigret) and the potential for emotional resonance (its all happening at the scene of maigret’s youth) but one thing never quite connected to the other for me here, and I found the accusation roundtable toward the end kinda cloying.

dinnis's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

It's a typical detective/murder mystery. Simple and easy read

theoneana's review against another edition

mysterious reflective

3.0

han_cat's review against another edition

2.0

I loved the setting of this, in the first chapter. But that's about the only good thing! Think this Maigret has been lost in time and translstion - characters and religious terminology difficult to follow. Onwards with the series .....

lnatal's review against another edition

3.0

From TIA:
Maigret discovers that things are never the same if you go back, when an anonymous letter draws him to his place of birth.
Translated by Robert Baldick
Adapted for radio by Frederick Bradnum.

Maurice Denham - Chief Inspector Jules Maigret
Michael Gough - Georges Simenon
Brian Haines - Inspector Lucas
Sean Barrett - Inspector Janvier
Michael Spice - Maurice de Saint-Fiacre
Cyril Shaps - Gautier
Anthony Danielle - Émile Gautier
Clifford Norgate - Jean Métayer
Hector Ross - Dr. Bouchardon
Michael Deacon - The Priest
Produced and directed by Glyn Dearman

https://archive.org/details/MaigretGoesHomeByGeorgesSimenon

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3* The Late Monsieur Gallet (Maigret, #3)
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3* A Man's Head (Maigret #5)
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3* The Grand Banks Café (Maigret, #9)
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TR Maigret Afraid (Maigret #42)
TR Maigret Goes to School (Maigret #44)
TR Maigret et la jeune morte (Maigret #45)
TR Maigret and the Headless Corpse (Maigret #47)
TR Maigret Sets a Trap (Maigret, #48)
TR Maigret's Failure (Maigret #49)

the_original_shelf_monkey's review against another edition

2.0

Meh