Cinéma

When invited to his cousin Irwin Moyneux's house Archibald Soper, Bishop of Bedford, rigorously denounces the novels of successful author Félix Chapel. He doesn't know that in reality behind the pseudonym hides... his host! Intrigued by the absence of Margaret, Irwin's wife, he deduces that she has been assassinated.

The lifeless body of a sixty year-old woman is found on Porquerolles' Alycastre beach. It's rapidly identified as Élisabeth Carlson, an artist much-admired on the island. The locally-born deputy public prosecutor, Arnaud Taillard, heads the investigation with Charlie Landowski, a somewhat whimsical detective inspector who's just been transferred from Seine-Saint-Denis.

In the midst of a theatre performance of the "Count of Monte Cristo", a Marseille publisher is found dead on the Frioul Islands. Victor Mariani, detective inspector in Marseille, leads the investigation, and also tries to solve another riddle: the presence of his father, Pierre Mariani, in the audience.

Idriss defends a friend, Olivier Walter, a hotel owner accused of rape by an employee. The case becomes more complicated when other women also accuse his client. Meanwhile, Nadia sees an old flame resurface when her help is required in the case of someone caught red-handed by the customs officials...