Maigret Sets a Trap explained

Maigret Sets a Trap
Author:	Georges Simenon
Title Orig:	Maigret tend un piège
Orig Lang Code:	fr
Language:	French
Series:	Inspector Jules Maigret
Genre:	Detective fiction
Publisher:	Presses de la Cité
Pub Date:	1955
Media Type:	Print
Preceded By:	Maigret and the Headless Corpse
Followed By:	Maigret's Failure

Maigret Sets a Trap (French: Maigret tend un piège) is a 1955 detective novel by the Belgian novelist Georges Simenon featuring his fictional character Jules Maigret.

Plot

Maigret sets a trap for a serial killer, hoping to lure him into error.^{[1] [2]}

Adaptations

• It was adapted as a 1958 film, entitled Maigret Sets a Trap with Jean Gabin as Maigret
• An episode for the 1960s BBC television series Maigret with Rupert Davies as Maigret (s03e12).
• An episode for the 1992 ITV television series Maigret with Michael Gambon as Maigret (s01e06).
• In France, Bruno Cremer, who played Maigret in 54 adaptations during 1991–2005, adapted this story in 1996 (episode 26 of 54, aka s06e02).
• An episode for ITV's 2016 television series Maigret with Rowan Atkinson as Maigret (s01e01).^[3]

References

1. Web site: Maigret Sets a Trap . www.fantasticfiction.co.uk .
2. http://www.trussel.com/maig/plots/tenplot.htm Maigret Sets a Trap
3. Rowan Atkinson starts filming ITV drama Maigret . 8 September 2015 . .