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While investigating the death of a visiting Parisian woman, Murdoch meets Detective Marcel Guillaume, the man who inspired ''[[Literature/Maigret Inspector Maigret]]''.

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While investigating the death of a visiting Parisian woman, Murdoch meets Detective Marcel Guillaume, the man who inspired ''[[Literature/Maigret Inspector Maigret]]''.
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Inspector Marcel Guillaume, the real-life Securite Paris detective who inspired Georges Simenon's Inspector Maigret, happens to be in Toronto for a conference on international police cooperation and is asked by Monique's father to investigate her disappearance.

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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Inspector Marcel Guillaume, the real-life Securite Paris detective who inspired Georges Simenon's Inspector Maigret, Creator/GeorgesSimenon's commissioner [[Literature/{{Maigret}} Jules Maigret]], happens to be in Toronto for a conference on international police cooperation and is asked by Monique's father to investigate her disappearance.
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** When Murdoch goes to talk to Guillaume at his hotel, a young lady emerges from the bedroom having apparently spent the night. Murdoch asks whether she's the detective's wife, and Guillaume says no; they just met last night in the hotel. Then ''another'' lady comes to the room wearing a robe and nightgown, clearly having also spent the night. ''This,'' Guillaume explains, is the wife.

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** When Murdoch goes to talk to Guillaume at his hotel, a young lady emerges from the bedroom having apparently spent the night. Murdoch asks whether she's the detective's wife, and Guillaume says no; they just met last night in the hotel. Then ''another'' lady comes to out of the room wearing a robe and nightgown, clearly having also spent the night. ''This,'' Guillaume explains, is the wife.
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** When Murdoch goes to talk to Guillauma at his hotel, a young lady emerges from the bedroom having apparently spent the night. Murdoch asks whether she's the detective's wife, and Guillaume says no; they just met last night in the hotel. Then ''another'' lady comes to the room wearing a robe and nightgown, clearly having also spent the night. ''This,'' Guillaume explains, is the wife.

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** When Murdoch goes to talk to Guillauma Guillaume at his hotel, a young lady emerges from the bedroom having apparently spent the night. Murdoch asks whether she's the detective's wife, and Guillaume says no; they just met last night in the hotel. Then ''another'' lady comes to the room wearing a robe and nightgown, clearly having also spent the night. ''This,'' Guillaume explains, is the wife.

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* TheBeard: [[spoiler: The real Sophie's intended husband was a homosexual, and their marriage was one of convenience. The killer didn't know this was the nature of the marriage, she only cared that she was getting access to the fortune and didn't need to sleep with him when she murdered and replaced Sophie. When Marguerite, the real Sophie's sister turns up, she takes advantage of this as part of her plot to clean up the loose ends.]]

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* TheBeard: [[spoiler: The real Sophie's intended husband was a homosexual, [[spoiler:Roderick Dalewood is homosexual and their his marriage to Sophie was one of convenience. The killer didn't know mutual convenience arranged by letter. Learning about this was during the nature of the marriage, she only cared that she was getting access ocean voyage from France to the fortune and didn't need Canada is what inspired Jacqueline to sleep with him when she murdered and replaced Sophie. When Marguerite, murder the real Sophie's sister turns up, she takes advantage of this as part of Sophie and take her plot to clean up the loose ends.place.]]



* EuropeansAreKinky: When Murdoch goes to talk to the French investigator, he meets a lady in his hotel room. It's early in the morning and she apparently spent the night. He asks whether she's the detective's wife, and she says no; they just met last night in the hotel. Then ''another'' lady comes to the room, ans she too apparently spent the night there. This is the wife.
* FrenchJerk: Averted with the French detective who works on the same case as Murdoch. He's actually very pleasant and helpful, and both sides collaborate nicely.

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When Murdoch goes to talk to the French investigator, he meets Guillauma at his hotel, a young lady in his hotel room. It's early in emerges from the morning and she bedroom having apparently spent the night. He Murdoch asks whether she's the detective's wife, and she Guillaume says no; they just met last night in the hotel. Then ''another'' lady comes to the room, ans she too apparently room wearing a robe and nightgown, clearly having also spent the night there. This night. ''This,'' Guillaume explains, is the wife.
** Guillaume also encourages Murdoch to pursue a romance with Julia, claiming that the fact that Julia is engaged to another man only makes the situation more ideal.
-->'''Guillaume:''' Monsieur Murdoch, the marriage is about family. You make babies with your wife. But you make ''love'' to your mistress.
* FrenchJerk: Averted with the French detective who works on the same case as Murdoch. He's by Inspector Guillaume. Despite a bit of early friction he's actually very pleasant and helpful, and both sides he and Murdoch are able to collaborate nicely.very well on the case. He even offers Murdoch some questionable but well-intentioned romantic advice regarding his relationship with Julia.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Inspector Marcel Guillaume, the real-life Securite Paris detective who inspired Georges Simenon's Inspector Maigret, happens to be in Toronto for a conference on international police cooperation and is asked by Monique's father to investigate her disappearance.
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* TheBeard: [[spoiler: The real Sophie's intended husband was a homosexual, and their marriage was one of convenience. The killer didn't know this was the nature of the marriage, she only cared that she was getting access to the fortune and didn't need to sleep with him when she murdered and replaced Sophie. When Marguerite, the real Sophie's sister turns up, she takes advantage of this as part of her plot to clean up the loose ends.]]


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* KillAndReplace: [[spoiler: The killer's plot. She murdered and took the place of a woman sailing for Canada from Paris, who met and agreed to marry a wealthy man over the telegraph (her fiance therefore never saw her face). However the plan was threatened when her victim's sister came to visit. She kidnapped and imprisoned her, and hired ''another'' woman to masquerade as ''her'' for the husband's benefit. She then murders the sister and frames her husband for the killing to get access to his entire fortune when he hangs.]]
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* DeadMansChest: The VictimOfTheWeek is found stuffed into a steamer trunk at Union Station.
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* AlliterativeTitle: "'''M'''onsieur '''M'''urdoch"
* EuropeansAreKinky: When Murdoch goes to talk to the French investigator, he meets a lady in his hotel room. It's early in the morning and she apparently spent the night. He asks whether she's the detective's wife, and she says no; they just met last night in the hotel. Then ''another'' lady comes to the room, ans she too apparently spent the night there. This is the wife.
* FrenchJerk: Averted with the French detective who works on the same case as Murdoch. He's actually very pleasant and helpful, and both sides collaborate nicely.
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