Conflicting reports of a maid's death takes Maigret to Normandy to investigate the charming Madame Beeson and her children.

No one knows what William Brown does when he visits Cannes every month, but one day he returns with a knife in his back.

A savage murder on the Mediterranean island of Porquerolles provides a change of scene for Inspector Maigret.

When his wife falls ill during their holiday, Maigret ends up investigating the convent hospital.