Maigret and the Mad Woman (French title: La Folle de Maigret is a 1970 detective novel by the Belgian writer Georges Simenon featuring his character Jules Maigret. Maigret regrets his folly in dismissing an old lady whom he had taken to be paranoid. She claims she was about to be murdered by someone who had surreptitiously entered her apartment. Her claim proves correct. It has been considered one of the better of the derivative late Maigrets for its particularly evocative atmosphere and sense of place.
Adaptations In 1992 it was made into an episode of an ITV Maigret series.
See also Cecile Is Dead, a 1944 Maigret film with a similar premise.
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