Inspector Maigret and the Strangled Stripper

A dancer in a Montmartre bar hears two men planning to murder a countess. After work she takes her story to the police. Later she retracts it. Nevertheless, both she and the countess are soon dead. Enter Jules Maigret. His famous method is based primarily on intuitive imagination. Maigret immerses himself in the ambience of the crime. "Well-characterized...adroitly handled." (The New York Times)