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Georges Simenon always describes Inspector Maigret trudging through hailstorms or biblical rains in whatever Podunk French town that’s the site of the latest murder. The right weather can do a lot for atmospherics.
“These Red Lakers had all kinds of Indian Pride. Their reservation was the only closed reservation in the state. Meaning they didn’t fall under state jurisdiction. Meaning they fell under federal jurisdiction.”
― Murder on the Red River
― Murder on the Red River
“He’s good people. He’ll make sure the county listens.”
― Murder on the Red River
― Murder on the Red River
“Thank god, she was in the woods, the real woods, the pinewoods of northern Minnesota. Easy to hide a truck and a woman sleeping in it.”
― Murder on the Red River
― Murder on the Red River
“Cash didn’t know what was true or not, but there was a big difference between your family knowing you ran off with someone and your family not knowing where you were at all.”
― Girl Gone Missing
― Girl Gone Missing
“She’d been smoking since she was eleven, drinking too, but quiet-like, staying out of trouble.”
― Murder on the Red River
― Murder on the Red River
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