''Maigret's Dead Man'' (

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: ''Maigret et son mort''), also translated as ''Maigret and His Dead Man'' and ''Maigret’s Special Murder'', is a 1948

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by the

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novelist

Georges Simenon Georges Joseph Christian Simenon (; 12/13 February 1903 – 4 September 1989) was a Belgian writer who created the fictional detective Jules Maigret. One of the most prolific and successful authors of the 20th century, he published around 400 ...

featuring the fictional character

Jules Maigret Jules Maigret (), or simply Maigret, is a fictional French police detective, a '' commissaire'' ("commissioner") of the Paris ''Brigade Criminelle'' ('' Direction Régionale de la Police Judiciaire de Paris:36, Quai des Orfèvres''), created ...

. It was Simenon's 29th Maigret novel.

Plot

A man telephones for Maigret from a café and saying that he is being followed. Without finishing the call he hangs up. He attempts to call Maigret from different cafés, then the calls cease. Then a body is found in the Place de la Concorde badly beaten and stabbed. It was observed being dumped from a car.

Adaptations

''Maigret's Dead Man'' has been dramatized five times: * In 1961, in the BBC television series ''

Maigret Jules Maigret (), or simply Maigret, is a fictional French police detective, a '' commissaire'' ("commissioner") of the Paris ''Brigade Criminelle'' ('' Direction Régionale de la Police Judiciaire de Paris:36, Quai des Orfèvres''), created ...

'' with

Rupert Davies Rupert Lisburn Gwynne Davies FRSA (22 May 191622 November 1976) was a British actor best remembered for playing the title role in the BBC's 1960s television adaptation of ''Maigret'', based on Georges Simenon's novels. Life and career Milit ...

, as "The Winning Ticket" * In the Dutch TV series starring Jan Teulings in 1966 * In the French TV series starring Jean Richard (actor), Jean Richard in 1970 * In 1978, in the Japanese series starring Kinya Aikawa as ''Keishi to satsujinshatachi'' ("Killers") * The second episode of ITV's 2016 series ''Maigret (2016 TV series), Maigret'' with Rowan Atkinson as Maigret.

References

1948 Belgian novels Jules Maigret novels Belgian novels adapted into films Presses de la Cité books {{1940s-crime-novel-stub