A review by geoffreyjen
Night at the Crossroads: Inspector Maigret #6 by Georges Simenon

5.0

This is Maigret #7 (and not #6 as sometimes stated), by now well into canon Maigret. As someone who writes, I know how one struggles to find ways to keep stories fresh, even when working within a pre-defined field. Simenon does this by varying venue, many of his stories take place outside Paris, but especially through the quirky characters he introduces into his stories. This novel is a brilliant example of Simenon's use of quirkiness, both in the apparent portrait of the crime committed as presented in the opening pages (introduced via an unusual interrogation, another device to vary the way the story is told), and the ultimate resolution of the crime via its diverse and equally quirky principal perpetrators. A first rate whodunnit.