ChiefInspectorJulesMaigret,theinventionofformercrimereporterturnedprolificauthorGeorgesSimenon,inhabitsavividlyrealizedParisnotoftenseenoncamerathattakesusfromtheglitzyupper-classworldofluxuryhotelsandmansionstolocalbourgeoisbistrosandbarsandtheundergroundhauntsoftheprofessionallycriminal
