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Welcome to our May/June 25 buddy read of Signed, Picpus Published in 1944, aka To Any Lengths / Maigret and the Fortune Teller and Book 23 in the Inspector Maigret series.

A small, thin man, rather dull to look at, neither young nor old, exuding the stale smell of a bachelor who does not look after himself. He pulls his fingers and cracks his knuckles and tells his tale the way a schoolboy recites his lesson.

A mysterious note predicting the murder of a fortune-teller; a confused old man locked in a Paris apartment; a financier who goes fishing; a South American heiress ... Maigret must make his way through a frustrating maze of clues, suspects and motives to find out what connects them.

Please do not post spoilers in this thread. Thank you.

Who is reading this one? I really enjoyed it - I listened to the Audible version and found myself gripped. One of the best Maigrets so far, I'd say.

The spoiler thread is linked below:
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I have it from the library (print version).

Hope you enjoy it, Sandy. I will look to see if I can find a TV adaptation of this one.

I am about to start this. My library copy, hard back, has a picture of a glass ball (understandable) and fish. Wondering how the fish fit the story.

It mentions in the introduction Susan posted that a financier goes fishing, but I don't remember much about that bit, I must admit.

Just to mention, we're pausing the Maigret buddy reads after this one as it has only been Sandy and me discussing them over the last few books. We can always restart them if there is more interest in the future.