Inspector Maigret is standing in the pouring rain by a canal. A well-dressed woman, Mary Lampson, has been found strangled in a stable nearby. Why did her glamorous, hedonistic life come to such a brutal end here? Surely her taciturn husband Sir Walter...
Slowly the Czech was becoming animated, but in a muted way, so typical of the man. Maigret now noticed his hands, which were long, surprisingly white and dotted with freckles. They seemed to reach out and take part in the conversation. Maigret sets out...
"Averti par lettre anonyme qu'un meurtre se prépare au domicile de l'avocat Emile Parendon, Maigret obtient de ce dernier l'autorisation de séjourner chez lui. Avec son inépuisable et patiente curiosité envers...