The satisfactions of most crime novels are principally atmospheric: the
procedure is, most of the time, a detail.
-- Nicholas Lezard. review of Pietr the Latvian
by Georges Simenon. The Guardian (26 November 2013)
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/nov/26/pietr-latvian-inspector-maigret-georges-simenon-review