Pietr The Latvian
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Average rating3.1
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Ratings7
Average rating3.1
Pietr the Lett had for years been clocked across the European frontiers by Interpol. Who was he, this international swindler with the skin of a chameleon? Was he Oswald Oppenheim, friend of multi-millionaires? Or Olaf Swann, a Norwegian merchant officer down at Fécamp? Or Fédor Yurovich, a down-and-out Russian drunk? Or could he have been the twisted corpse they found on the Pole Star express when it drew into Paris?
It cost Maigret one of his best inspectors — and a ducking in the sea — to unravel one of the most tortuous puzzles of identity he had ever handled.
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It was a bit slow at the start, but really picked up speed about halfway through. Had twists I did not expect, which is nice. Only knock I have is that the bulk of the story is that Maigret spends a lot of time just standing or sitting around, waiting and that's only when he isn't rushing off from place to place. Nonetheless, I would recommend it.
I was kind of lost in the sauce when it came to the actual mystery until the end, but man no one writes about walking around a city in the pouring rain like Simenon.
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46 primary books47 released booksInspector Maigret is a 47-book series with 46 primary works first released in 1930 with contributions by Georges Simenon, David Bellos, and 16 others.
