Alice Nevers investigates the death of a young girl, a model student of a Parisian high school. Apparently the victim was raped after being bound and gagged. Helped in her research by a mysterious anonymous letter, Alice Nevers soon suspects two other students of the school. Especially since the evidence is accumulating against the two young people. But the judge has a doubt. She feels manipulated. The case is more complicated than it seems. By pushing the heavy door of the National School of Political Economy, Alice Nevers discovers a world apart. A world of appearances and pretenses. Where the best rubs shoulders with the worst. Where some are willing to kill so as not to disappoint.
