Download or read book The Friend of Madame Maigret written by Georges Simenon and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maigret becomes increasingly frustrated as his attempts to prove that a brutal, repulsive murder has been committed at a local bookbinder prove fruitless, in a mystery that revolves around a series of seemingly unconnected incidents and characters, set amongst the backdrop of the Marais district in Paris, in which Madame Maigret holds the vital clue. Original.