Ludovic Pessac, a young lawyer in his thirties, is murdered in his office. Deputy Prosecutor Elisabeth Richard and Gendarmerie Commander Paul Jansac are assigned to the case. A second murder is committed. Nicolas Monfort, a real estate agent, is found dead in a villa's swimming pool, his skull fractured. Shock ripples through Aigues-Mortes. Elisabeth and Paul don't believe it's a coincidence. Meanwhile, Paul Jansac reopens a two-year-old case: the unsolved rape of Clémentine Garcia. New DNA analysis identifies both victims as suspects. Elisabeth Richard and Paul Jansac will have to unravel a case that proves to be far more complex than it initially appears…
