Maigret Enjoys Himself: Georges Simenon

Standing here at the window in the middle of the morning, vaguely observing the comings and goings in the street, he had a feeling that reminded of certain days in his childhood, when his mother was still alive and he was off school because he had the `flu or it was the end of term. It was the feeling of finding out `what went on when he wasn`t there`.

Inspector Maigret is meant to be taking a holiday, but he can`t resist following the development of his colleague Janvier`s case in the papers - and playing a few tricks on the way.

This novel has been published in a previous translation as Maigret`s Little Joke.