num_pages: 182
description: When Maigret receives a visit from an old schoolmate whose mistress has been shot to death, he feels compelled to look into the case. Yet his friend is one of the suspects--along with the dead woman’s four other lovers, each unknown to the others. The basis for a public television Mystery! presentation. Translated by Eileen Ellenbogen.Maigret is a registered trademark of the Estate of Georges Simenon.
language: English
title: Maigret's Boyhood Friend
titlecomplete: Maigret's Boyhood Friend
characters: Victor Lamotte, Léon Florentin, Jules Maigret, Albert Lapointe, Jean-Luc Bodard, Albert Janvier, François Paré, Madame Blanc, Fernand Courcel, Joseph Torrence, Louise Maigret, Old Joseph
genres: France, Mystery, Fiction, Belgium, Detective, Thriller, French Literature, Crime, Belgian, Mystery Thriller
ratings_count: 743
places: France, Paris
series: Inspector Maigret
publisher: Harvest Books