Another World

The lifestyle of the rich and famous is certainly another world. A fact repeated several times by Maigret and Lucas.

There is extensive location footage of Maigret in Paris and library footage of the South of France.

David Ward is a much married business mogul who is found dad in his bath at the hotel he was residing in.

At the same evening, in another hotel room. The much married Countess Palmieri, Ward's mistress took an overdose of pills but survived.

Maigret quickly deduces that Ward was murdered. However he needs to track down the Countess who has done a flit.

Maigret discovers that the well heeled were sharing lovers as well as business contacts.

It might as well be La Ronde set as a murder mystery. An engaging mystery but I do think some over hysterical acting did not help matters. Unfortunately it seems to be a feature of some of the BBC Maigret stories. So it might have been down to the producers or directors.