Sébastien Lacassagne, 35, owner of a wine estate, was assassinated with a statuette in his house. The investigation conducted by Prosecutor Elisabeth Richard and Captain Caroline Martinez reveals many gray areas in the victim's life.
Marie Lemaire is poisoned during a dinner that brings together an association of merchants. She is the heiress of her recently deceased husband, François, who was the owner of the largest glass factory in the city. All the guests are potential suspects and the investigators must sort out the real from the fake, detect motives and verify alibis. Olivia Rousseau, one of the guests, ex-mistress of François Lemaire who left her to marry Marie, is dead at her home. In a letter, she declared that she had poisoned Marie and killed herself in the same way.
Camille Fauvel, a former medical examiner and now crime novel writer has returned to Granville and she preparing a new novel. In the morning she was jogging on the beach and discovered the corpse of a man who has been tortured.The police captain Damien Bonaventure and the district attorney arrive at the beach where they meet Camille Fauvel.She explains them that the man has been tortured according to an old Viking ritual.Camille proposes to do the autopsy of the corpse and the district attorney agrees with this idea.
Florence Pernel was born on June 30, 1962 in Paris, France. She is an actress, known for Three Colors: Blue (1993), Three Colors: White (1994) and Napoléon (2002). She has been married to Patrick Rotman since July 2005. They have two children.