Commissioner Maigret is a typical Parisian. He wears a coat with a velvet collar, does not part with the pipe and loves to bask in the fire. However, at any time of the day, he is ready to leave his cozy apartment on Richard-Lenoir Boulevard or a smoked office on the Orfevre embankment to come to the aid of a person in trouble. Solving the most complex crimes, unraveling the most bizarre intrigues, Maigret is guided by one trouble-free principle: to find the perpetrators, you must first understand the meaning of their actions...