Following an anonymous tip-off, human teeth are found in the
incinerator of a bookbinder in Paris. It’s puzzling given that the bookbinder
and his wife spend all of their time together and that the victim remains
unidentified.
To complicate matters further, and to add sprinkles to the
icing on the cake, Madame Maigret becomes directly involved. While waiting for
a dental appointment, a woman she has befriended on the square disappears to
leave Maigret’s wife in charge of a child. Following on from this event, Mme
Maigret plays detective for a while and her close observational skills are
crucial in finally cracking the case.
A further layer of complication is added by an ambitious
young defence lawyer who is publicly taunting Maigret about his investigation
and another still in the way Jules handles a wet-behind-the-ears detective with
almost paternal kid gloves.
Put all of this together and you have a recipe that’s
entirely successful.
The
Friend Of Madame Maigret (US)
is a very stylish episode that shines a bright light on Maigret’s personal life. The
piece is finished with a cherry of a twist in the form of the final sentence of
the book.
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