The Short Cases of Inspector Maigret

In this intriguing collection are five of the great Inspector Maigret's shorter cases---appearing for the first time in book form. From the clatter and tumult of metropolitan Paris to the small villages of provincial France, these five adventures present an authentic and colorful picture of middle-class French life. And through them all moves the great sleuth himself---"slow, heavy, plodding, tormented, of inexhaustible patience, inextinguishable persistence"---who, whether he is holding a vicious killer at bay or pondering his latest lead in a peaceful bistro, remains one of the world's most formidable detectives. The five cases gathered here are: Maigret's Christmas Journey Backward into Time Stan the Killer The Old Lady of Bayeux The Most Obstinate Man in Paris Scene: France These stories have appeared in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine -from jacket flap