"Inspector Cadaver" - Old grudges resurface as Maigret probes a judge’s hidden past.

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Maigret is dispatched to the provincial town of Moulins to discreetly investigate a judge accused of misconduct. The case is politically sensitive, and Maigret’s presence is met with suspicion and hostility. Complicating matters is the arrival of his old nemesis, Inspector Cadaver—a sharp, sardonic investigator with a reputation for ruthless efficiency and a personal grudge against Maigret. Their uneasy alliance sets the tone for a tense and layered inquiry.

As Maigret digs into the judge’s past, he uncovers a web of secrets, betrayals, and small-town resentments. The investigation becomes a psychological duel not only with the townspeople but with Cadaver himself, whose methods clash with Maigret’s quiet persistence. In a story where truth is buried beneath years of silence, Maigret must navigate professional rivalry and moral ambiguity to uncover what justice truly demands.


29 - 'Inspector Cadaver' (Monday 3rd May 2004 @ 2:15 p.m.)

Maigret travels to the tiny town of Saint-Aubin-les-Marais, near Niort, in the Vendée, at the request of the Examining Magistrate Victor Bréjon. Victor's brother-in-law, Étienne Naud, had asked him for help since after the death of a young man, Albert Retailleau, caused rumours that Naud was involved. But when Maigret arrives he finds his investigation undermined by an old adversary, the disgraced Inspector 'Cadaver', who'd been on the force with Maigret for 20 years till forced to resign due to problems caused by his wife.

Maigret quickly learns that no one in town wants to help, except one young man, Louis Fillou, who'd been Albert's friend. He learns that Albert had been the lover of Geneviève Naud, and had gone to see her the night he was killed. But that night he'd been angry, and told Louis it was all over. But as Maigret delves further, he soon finds himself tangled up in a case that may ruin the very people whom he has come to help.

First published in 1943 as "L'Inspecteur Cadavre". Translated in 1979 as "Maigret's Rival" by Helen Thomson. It is also known as "Inspector Cadaver" and is dramatised for radio by David Cregan.

With Nicholas Le Provost [Chief Inspector Jules Maigret], Julian Barnes [Georges Simenon], Michael N. Harbour [Jules Naud], Karen Archer [Madame Naud], Alice Hart [Geneviève Naud], John Rowe [Alban Groult-Cotelle], Scott Brooksbank [Louis Fillou], Philip Fox [Magistrate Victor Brejon / Mayor's Sec / Voice], Joanna McCallum [Madame Retailleau / Post Mistress / Landlady], and David Bannerman [Inspector Justin Cavre / Inspector Cadaver / Another Voice].

Music by Lucinda Mason Brown, performed by the Viper's Dream Quartet.
Produced and directed by Ned Chaillet
45 minutes


Georges Simenon, the prolific Belgian writer who created the iconic detective Jules Maigret. Simenon wrote 75 Maigret novels and 28 short stories, blending psychological depth with atmospheric settings and understated suspense. His work has been translated into more than 50 languages and adapted across radio, television, and film—making him one of the most widely read European authors of the 20th century.