Maigret and the Informer/Ransom/Only Couples Need Apply [antikvár]

When the telephone rang and Maigret groaned with displeasure, he had not the slightest idea what time it might be. He didn't think of looking at the alarm clock. He was coming out of a deep sleep and still felt a weight on his chest.Barefoot, walking as if asleep, he went to the telephone."HeUo____"He did not notice that it was not he but his wife who had turned on one of the bedside lamps."Is that you, Chief?"He did not recognize the voice right away."Lucas here. I'm on night duty, I've just had a call from the 18th arrondissemen i.""WeU?""They've found the body of a murdered man on the sidewalk on Avenue Junot."It was right at the top of the Butte Montmartre, not far from Place du Tertre."I'm calling you because of the identity of the dead man. It's Maurice Marcia, the proprietor of the Sardine."A truly Parisian restaurant on Rue Fontaine."What was he doing on Avenue Junot?""He doesn't seem to have been killed there. They got the impression at first sight that he had been put there after he was already dead.""I'm on my way.""Do you want me to send you a car?""Yes."Madame Maigret, still in bed, was looking at him, but now she got up and poked around with her feet to find her slippers."I'U make you a cup of coffee."