Maigret appears in court to testify against a man accused of a brutal double murder, but must find a way to express his doubts about the case to save an innocent man's life--and find the real culprit. Despite his many years on the police force, Inspector Maigret has never quite gotten used to "the most distasteful side of his profession": court. Confined within the four walls of the courtroom and restricted by custom and procedure, the messy, complicated, and human side of police work is flattened into rules, regulations, and abstract questions of guilt and innocence. When he is called to the stand to testify against a picture framer accused of a vicious double murder, Maigret must find a way to express his doubts about his own case in a forum designed to eliminate them. Otherwise, he risks allowing an innocent man to be sentenced for a brutal crime--and letting the real culprit get away. Fast-paced and full of unexpected twists and turns, Maigret in Court reveals a new side of the Parisian detective as he works inside and outside the law to discover the truth.