
A humble clerk courts a woman who awaits her lover's return night after night.

In the Marais district in central Paris, somebody is going round murdering young women. Maigret is called to investigate.

The Countess de Saint-Fiacre, having received a terrible anonymous letter predicting her imminent death, summons Commissioner Maigret in the hope that he can protect her and save her from a secret ill-wisher.

While Henri was a POW during the war, his wife passed away and he returned to face the challenges of bringing up three children alone. Henri may get drunk and angry at times but he also has a better side that will not stay buried.