What a beautiful place-an island off the coast of France--with beautiful men and woman, conniving men and women, and a murderer. Maigret arrives to investigate. And why Maigret? Because the man murdered had made a point of telling people that Maigret was his friend. Yet even with this claim of friendship someone murders him. Or is he murdered because of his friendship with Maigret?
The murdered man was a longtime local, known to everyone on the island. Who among the locals would want him dead? There's a painter. The painter's girlfriend. Jo-Jo, a young woman who works at the café. An elderly couple. A young man working as the assistant to the wife of that elderly couple. There's a fisherman. Also, a woman from Maigret's past. And the hotel owner. Maigret will observe them. He will chat with them. And eventually the clue appears.
This is a fun episode and a nice change of locale for this series. The filmmakers remained faithful to George Simenon's novel with the changes between book and film being incidental. I think you'll enjoy this one if you like Maigret mysteries.