![]() ![]() He admitted that he doesn’t know what it is that causes such people to become multiple murderers, but feels that it is an essential self-assertion, a feeling of offended pride. ![]() His theory was that serial killers feel themselves humiliated by people who regard them as mediocre or incompetent. The idea had come to Maigret as a result of a discussion he had had with Professor Tissot, director of a psychiatric institution, who was often called upon as an expert witness in court. Maigret is almost bereft of ideas and decides to convince the press – the killings are never out of the news – into thinking that a suspect has at last been arrested. There does not seem to be any reason for the killings to cease and everybody is expecting another any day. The first had been carried out in February and the latest in July. There have been five identical murders, all women, and all in the Montmartre arrondissement. ![]()
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