Meredith’s Reviews > Maigret's Doubts > Status Update

'[Maigret] felt, finally that he was dealing with people of flesh and blood, men and women with passions and interests.'

Maigret: It’s a little like carrying out an investigation in reverse. Usually we have a crime at the beginning, and it’s only once it’s been committed that we try and find the motives for it. This time we have the motives but as of yet no crime.