Old-school police detective Pierre Niemans and his free-spirited former student Camille Delaunay specialise in solving complex murder cases that involve an unusual brutality far beyond the capacity of regular police departments to understand.
A mutilated corpse is found during a forest hunting party and it seems the victim was the heir to a family fortune. As Niemans and Camille question his immediate circle, his sister is also targeted.
Niemans and Camille hear about a curse rumoured to be placed on the Von Geyersbergs.
In a wine-growing region at harvest time, a battered corpse is discovered under rubble when a vault collapses during the renovation of a chapel, destroying a fresco. Was it an accident or foul play?
When Niemans obtains X-ray images of the damaged frescos, they provide further insight into the case, but does a missing fragment from the biblical scenes portrayed hold the key to the killer?
When two men discover the severed hand of a child, Niemans and Camille find the local police distracted by the case of a serial killer armed with a rifle. Can they find clues at a children's home?
Two more people are shot dead, in the cemetery: a married couple who took in foster children. But a quotation from an ancient tale about an ill-fated group of children on a memorial provides a clue.
Niemans witnesses the death of a monk named Brother Guillaume who utters the words ‘the sword and the snake' with his dying breath and has the palm of his left hand burned to hide a mysterious tattoo
It seems the monks believe they have discovered sinister secret messages in the ancient music they've been studying. As Camille and Niemans get closer to the truth, they encounter a satanic sect.
Tragedy strikes when a school bus breaks down while crossing a railway line and the driver is attacked
The community feel bruised and battered after the death of loved ones. Camille goes back to the cave to try and find the killer. Is a vigilante at work?
An art student is found dead at her college, next to a picture painted with her blood. Camille and Niemans initially suspect the teacher, Ariane Maubert.
Niemans tries to understand the secrets contained in the Art Institute. Another student dies accompanied by another painting in a shocking style.
The two detectives are asked to escort a dangerous criminal to a rehabilitation centre. Niemans does not approve of the methods employed at the centre.
Having found the escapees, Niemans looks for their accomplice. The hunt comes together on one stormy night.
A young woman is found dead in a ruined castle under mysterious circumstances that are reminiscent of a past crime. Camille's ex-colleague is in urgent need of her help.
Camille and Chloe are plunged into a nightmare world. When Camille is taken in the middle of the night, Chloe calls for reinforcements.
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