ChiefInspectorJulesMaigret,theinventionofformercrimereporterturnedprolificauthorGeorgesSimenon,inhabitsavividlyrealizedParisnotoftenseenoncamerathattakesusfromtheglitzyupperclassworldofluxuryhotelsandmansionstolocalbourgeoisbistrosandbarsandtheundergroundhauntsoftheprofessionallycrimina