Maigret and the Informer

''The father of contemporary European detective fiction'' Ann Cleeves

''You see, I mainly work at night. I''ve ended up getting to know everybody. They''re used to me in Pigalle, I exchange a few words with this person or that person. I go into the bars and cabarets where they give me a quarter bottle of Vichy without waiting for me to order anything.''

An anonymous tip-off regarding the death of a ...