“Heres a treat for crime thriller fans. Rowan Atkinson steps into the shoes of the legendary French detective Jules Maigret” Daily Mail. Based on the books by Georges Simenon. MAIGRET SETS A TRAP: Montmartre, Paris. A serial killer is stalking the streets. Five women are dead and people are afraid to go out after dark. The newspapers are rife with speculation. And Chief Inspector Maigret is without a lead and under great pressure. MAIGRETS DEAD MAN: One February morning, an agitated man calls the Police judiciary asking for Maigret. He claims hes being followed by someone trying to kill him. That night, his body is found, his face badly beaten, stabbed to death. Ridden with guilt for not having saved “his” dead man, Maigret is determined to find the murderer. MAIGRET NIGHT AT THE CROSSROADS: Maigret interrogates suspected murderer Carl Andersen for hours. But despite his best efforts, Andersens story never slips – he insists hes innocent. So why was the body of a diamond dealer found on his property, in his car, killed with his gun? And why did he and his mysterious sister Else try to run away? MAIGRET IN MONTMARTRE: Arlette, a stripper from one of the areas seedy nightclubs, reports a conversation she overheard about an imminent murder. But its not until Arlette is found strangled that her report is taken seriously.
