A stripper reports a conspiracy to murder a countess and is found strangled.

Maigret investigates when the wife of an American industrialist is found strangled in the kitchen of the Hotel Majestic.

Maigret is accused of trying to seduce a 17-year-old niece of a high-ranking public official.

Maigret is asked by an old schoolfriend to investigate the murder of his lover.

The Minister of Public Works asks Maigret to investigate the theft of a government report.

Maigret investigates the murder of Peg Leg, who has been shot in his room. He appears to have been entertaining a guest, but the housekeeper denies that anyone else was there.