''Inspector Maigret and the Strangled Stripper'' (original French-language title ''Maigret au "Picratt's"'') is a

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by the Belgian crime writer

Georges Simenon Georges Joseph Christian Simenon (; 13 February 1903 – 4 September 1989) was a Belgian writer. He published nearly 500 novels and numerous short works, and was the creator of the fictional detective Jules Maigret. Early life and education ...

published in 1950, featuring the author's most celebrated character

Inspector 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 b ...

. Its alternate English-language titles include ''Maigret in Montmartre'' and ''Maigret at Picratt's''.

Synopsis

The plot of the novel revolves around the murder of a

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called Arlette, and the novel is noted for its depiction of the seedy nightlife of the

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district in

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Plot

Arlette, a stripper at Picratt's nightclub in Montmartre, reports to the police that she has overheard two men plotting to kill a "countess". Soon afterwards both Arlette and the Countess von Farnhem, a drug user, are found dead. It turns out that Arlette was romantically involved with one of Maigret's colleagues, Inspector Lapointe. A man named Oscar becomes the lead suspect after Maigret finds out that he used to be the Countess's butler. Maigret uses another drug user, Philippe, to lead him to the killer, who is shot dead by Lapointe.

English-language Editions

The novel has been published in English under three different titles: *''Maigret in Montmartre'', translated by

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and published by Hamish Hamilton in the United Kingdom, together with ''

Maigret's Mistake ''Maigret's Mistake'' (French:''Maigret se trompe'') is a 1953 detective novel by the Belgian writer Georges Simenon Georges Joseph Christian Simenon (; 13 February 1903 – 4 September 1989) was a Belgian writer. He published nearly 500 ...

'', in a book called ''Maigret Right and Wrong'' (1954) *''Inspector Maigret and the Strangled Stripper'', translated by Cornelia Schaeffer and published by Doubleday in the United States (also 1954) *''Maigret at Picratt's'', translated by William Hobson and published by Penguin in 2016.

Adaptations

The novel has been rated one of the ten best Maigret stories and has been adapted several times for TV and film. It has been adapted three times in English: In 1960, as ''Murder in Montmartre'', it was the first episode of the

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's ''Maigret'' series, starring Rupert Davies in the title role; In 1993, as ''Maigret and the Night-club Dancer'', it was an episode of the

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''Maigret'' series starring

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; and in 2017, as ''Maigret in Montmartre'', it was included in the later ITV series starring

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References

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