Someone is out to get Maigret into trouble, and he must defend himself vigorously.

Louis Thouret is knifed to death in Paris, and Maigret must find out who did it.

Maigret must play a long waiting game to catch a big-time crook.

Young Cécile and her aunt are killed. Maigret must find out who did it.

The maid to a wealthy elderly woman is murdered. The latter tells the authorities that she believes it was a case of mistaken identity by the killer and that she herself was their target.

What began as a short trip to question an innkeeper in the Vendee turns into days as Inspector Maigret gets confined to the inn with the flu. Then, a guest is found murdered. The police cordon off the inn and begin a careful reconstruction of events, while Maigret conducts his own investigation.

When Joseph Heurtin escapes from prison, it's because Maigret has arranged it. And if Heurtin didn't kill that old woman, who did?

Four serial murders in the Marais district of Paris. Maigret sets a trap. Pretending to have arrested the assassin, he sends trained plainclothes policewomen out at night as bait. Maigret hopes that the killer's pride will force him to act.

A shot is heard at 3pm from the waiting room of a shady financier. Minutes later he is found shot dead. Among the witnesses are two inspectors waiting to issue a summons. A suicide? Maigret sees it as a classic Agathe Christie mystery: enclosed scene and limited suspects, all of whom have motive. He keeps everyone there and lets them simmer until someone comes to a boil.