Books like Maigret in Montmartre

Over Christmas I had the distinct misfortune of suffering through the newest British TV movie adaptation of a Maigret novel, whilst I’d never read this book I knew immediately that it was dramatically changed in terms of content such was the blandness of the content and the obvious and ugly moralising including Janvier beating up a suspect simply because he was a homosexual junkie. The book however was a whole lot of classic Maigret sitting around drinking brandy and watching people and piecing the puzzle together, without any judging of the lifestyle choices of those around him, a pleasure to read.