Maigret and Monsieur Charles (original) (raw)
Mme Nathalie Sabin-Levesque appears in M's office and reports that her husband, Gérard Sabin-Levesque, the well-known lawyer, has been missing for a month. He'd often gone off for up to a week at a time with his temporary girlfriends, but in those cases he'd always called his office. M begins to investigate the nightclubs Sabin-Levesque had gone to and learns that he was well-known as M. Charles. Nathalie Sabin-Levesque is an alcoholic, and soon becomes uncooperative. The last time Gérard Sabin-Levesque had been seen was Feb. 18. Not too long afterwards, his body is found in the Seine, where it had been for about a month.M searches the lawyer's desk, finds a photo of Nathalie with the name Trika on the back, and learns that she had been a hostess at Chez Mademoiselle, where she'd met "M. Charles" and married him a month later. M finds out that she had sneaked out of her house... Soon the car Sabin-Levesque was murdered in is found in Puteaux, and Nathalie attempts suicide. The next day the body of Joe Fazio is found shot. M goes to confront Nathalie. Fazio had been her lover, and had demanded more money. She could hardly remember why they'd decided to kill her husband. She'd probably spend her prison time in the infirmary...
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