Adding two more cases to his career here are Maigret And The Reluctant Witnesses and Maigret Has Scruples. In the first the death of Leonard Lachaume reveals the desperate measures of an impoverished family; in the second a husband and wife make clear their fears of death from each other and Maigret is unable to prevent of a crime on the way but does untangle the final killing. The master of the waiting game deliberates doggedly.