Reviews for Man's Head

The average rating for Man's Head based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2019-09-23 00:00:00 Lily Lily [ Maigret springing him from Jail, shock horror, and his subsequent reinvestigation of the horrific double murder. This brings in an eclectic cast of characters : rich Americans; psychotic eastern Europeans; seedy bar owners and two relatively inexperienced junior officers supporting Maigret. This makes a fantastic mix in which Maigret is his most ruthless and most inscrutable. Up against an incredibly intelligent criminal (hide spoiler)]

Review # 2 was written on 2020-09-30 00:00:00 Athena Nicholas I first read this novel some years ago. This reading carried more intensity and suspense than I had remembered. I'm not sure if that's due to the different translation, since I no longer have the edition with the translation that I had read previously. A condemned criminal has been allowed to escape and a watch on him has been set up under Maigret's command. The condemned man escapes, disappears, and Maigret's job is on the line. "Monsieur Comeliau would have been very surprised, and doubtless indignant, if he had suspected that the least of the inspector's worries was to find Joseph Heurtin. That, for Maigret was a secondary issue. The condemned man had to be somewhere in the middle of several million people. but he was convinced that the day he needed him, he'd easily be able to get hold of him. No, he was thinking of the letter written at the Coupole. And also, and maybe more, of one question he reproved himself for having failed to ask during his first investigation." As usual, Maigret is a step ahead of everyone else, including the reader.