ChiefInspectorJulesMaigret,theinventionofformercrimereporterturnedprolificauthorGeorgesSimenon,inhabitsavividlyrealizedParisnotoftenseenoncamerathattakesusfromtheglitzyupper-classworldofluxuryhotelsandmansionstolocalbourgeoisbistrosandbarsandtheundergroundhauntsoftheprofessionallycrimina