Commissaire Duval investigates a dispute between environmentalists and shepherds that takes him from the French Alps to the French Riviera
Commissaire Léon Duval just wanted to have a brief, enjoyable ski vacation with his kids and girlfriend Annie in the French Maritime Alps. But then Annie receives a message with a disturbing photograph and the remains of a man reported missing have been found close to Duval’s holiday resort. Did a crime take place or was this man, as rumor has it, the victim of a wolf attack? That would conform to the viewpoint of the wolf-opponents, the mountain shepherds and most of the locals, but not of the environmentalists, tourism developers and rangers, who protect the wolves in Mercantour National Park. Duval quickly realizes that wolves here are an issue rife with the potential for conflict. The local gendarmerie investigating on site stays mum. Annie and Duval begin doing their own research. Can part of the truth be found in spring-like Cannes?
