A review by blueyorkie
The Misty Harbour by Georges Simenon

4.0

This excellent Maigret makes us follow in his company a complicated investigation. The commissioner shows us his insight and gift of discovering tenuous clues on several occasions. The investigation's interest is in our participation in the very heart of the action and the discoveries that allow us to follow as witnesses. That's one of the rare novels where Maigret takes a thrashing and gets tied up like a typical idiot. However, the description of this small town, fishing port, and the few main characters, mayor, cafeteria, gendarme, lock keeper, and sailors, make it an exemplary scenario, which must adapt for a TV series and must be captivating. Simenon shows us in this novel his talents as a writer from a local drama transposing it into a detective story full of mysteries and suspense with the sea as one of the roles.