Description:On his latest case,
Maigret finds himself in the town of Delfzijl investigating the murder
of a teacher. He is presented with two clues-a sailor's cap in the
bathtub and a Manila cigar butt-and a gaggle of suspects, including a
flirtatious farmer's daughter, an angry lawyer, a larcenous ship owner,
an unaccountably frightened cadet, and a pompous criminologist with a
revolver. The Inspector, in turn, is preoccupied with a suspicious
pathway lit by a lighthouse beam, which leads him to wonder if this is
the kind of spot where secret lovers might be discovered...