Number 61 in the Maigret series, this mystery finds the Chief Superintendent investigating the murder of the owner of four nightclubs in Paris. Some details about the murder trouble Maigret: the murdered man, Emile Boulay, apparently had no enemies, had no mistress, lived in harmony with his wife, children and wife's family, kept his nightclubs above-board, and paid his taxes. It was two days from the night he disappeared before his body was found, on a sidewalk outside a cemetery in Paris. He had been strangled. Why would a murderer save a body for two days before disposing of it? If he was murdered by mobsters, why was he strangled? The mobsters in the area used guns or knives to kill their targets, they didn't strangle their victims. If this wasn't a mob hit, then who did it?As usual, Maigret learns the facts, then ponders and ponders them, revisiting persons of interest as needed. He does not disappoint.
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