No sooner has Commissaire Léon Duval successfully solved his first case – the murder of a famous director during the film festival – than new challenges await him and his team.
A rambler discovers a corpse, jewelry is stolen from the venerable Hotel Beauséjour, a woman disappears. Duval and his colleagues, who had been hoping for a quiet off-season, begin their investigations. Yet the more information Duval gathers, the more he is forced to ask himself whether there isn’t a connection between these cases. Why did the daughter of the hotel owner disappear without a trace, and what does her lover know? What role does hotel co-partner Nicole Bouvard play, and how does the death of a journalist fit into the scenario?
A tricky assignment for Léon Duval, requiring considerable intuition and diplomacy – not just for dealing with his colleagues and superiors, but also with everyone else involved in this seemingly inscrutable intrigue.
“Commissaire Duval could become a French Commissario Brunetti: he appreciates good food, has the right moral compass, enjoys taking on authority.” – WDR2 Krimi-Tipp
