num_pages: 159
description: Madame Maigret has been going to the dentist for a few weeks and she has made it a habit to sit in the little park opposite his office before the appointment so as to get herself together for the ordeal. While in the park she has made the acquaintance of a woman (always in a very stylish, lovely hat) who goes there with her little boy. One day the woman is distressed and asks Madame Maigret to look after her child and she says she'll be back to fetch him in a short while. Unfortunately for Madame Maigret the woman returns hours late, worrying the good woman and making her miss her dentist's appointment and even worse, making her miss saving the chief inspector's food from burning and she doesn't get to serve him his midday meal.
language: English
title: The Friend of Madame Maigret
titlecomplete: The Friend of Madame Maigret
characters: Olga Grossot, Dr. Floresco, Hélène Grossot, Gloria Lotti, Sarkistian, Louise Maigret, Joseph Moers, Germaine Lapointe, Antoine Bizard, Dr. Paul (Two Bodies on a Barge), Jules Maigret, Madame Grossot, Albert Janvier, Bella Panetti, Moers (Maigret's Mistake), André Lucas, Judge Gabriel Dossin, Grossot, Contessa Panetti, Philippe Liotard, Albert Lapointe, Joseph Torrence, Krynker, Frans Steuvels, Alfonsi, Fernande Steuvels, Alfred Moss
genres: Fiction, France, Mystery, Thriller, Noir, Detective, Mystery Thriller, Novels, Belgian, Crime
ratings_count: 1520
places: Paris, France
series: Inspector Maigret
publisher: Penguin