When a small town crook is found murdered on a Mediterranean island after boasting about his friend Maigret, the inspector travels to the island to investigate A small time crook has been murdered on an Mediterranean island--a thug, drunk, pimp and thief--yet just before he died he was heard boasting about his friend Maigret! Maigret, who is mentoring Scotland Yard detective, Inspector Pyke, travels to sun-drenched Porquerolles Island to investigate.