Claire Moreno and her assistant Hubert de Montalembert are called to note the death of a maintenance worker at NiceAquarium. Simple inevitable heart attack or perfect crime? The question does not remain unanswered for long thanks to the instinct and the spirit of deduction of Claire Moreno.
Five little divers aboard a yacht, asleep... A fatal diving accident... A war of the Roses between Louise and her husband... A cow of the latter... And here she is on the trail of one of the four remaining little divers...
The woman is a man like any other The body of a woman lying in her entrance... A tramp who limps... A sunny beach bar that hides heavy secrets, and here is Captain Louise Bonne struggling with harassment at work, but not necessarily exercised by who we believe...
Marc Le Gall, star sailor, stages the suicide of his wife Florence, found hanging from the mast of his sailboat. If Captain Mizon is an admirer of Le Gall, Commander Lacombes does not believe long in this staging, despite the apparently irrefutable alibi of the suspect. Investigators will have to dive into the story of this couple of sailors to discover the motive of the crime.
"The owl's lair" is an ecological cottage gathering several wooden cabins nestled in the trees, to reconnect with nature. It is in one of these cabins that the body of Diane Mainville, the owner of the premises, is found. If everything indicates a passionate dispute, Commander Lacombes and Captain Mizon are wary of appearances and will take an interest in Solène Guillou, a particularly devoted employee.
What could have prompted Dr. Renaud Masson to kill Father Thébaudet at the end of Sunday Mass? Does it have anything to do with his wife who happens to be the sister of the man of the Church? With his wife's lover? This is what Agnès and Thibault will have to discover.
Killing a man with a golf ball and making it look like an accident... The perfect crime? It could be especially since the murderess, Marion Cartier, is a cop! The only problem, the victim is too: divisional commissioner, and it is Agnès and Thibault who will lead the investigation.
Émilie Sagnol, 35, a groom at Madame Van der Built's stud farm, sabotaged Tom Ricard's saddle to make him lose a prestigious jumping competition. But the champion got his foot stuck in the stirrup and, dragged by his mount for more than two hundred meters, succumbed to his injuries. Cornered, Émilie sows clues throughout the investigation to accuse Gérald, Tom Ricard's bellboy. A subterfuge that, far from exonerating him, will allow Agnès and Thibaud to solve this almost perfect manslaughter.
Aurélie Lelièvre, in her forties, ornithologist and author of best-selling popular books on nature, uses a spectacular and ingenious staging to kill her husband Robert Lelièvre, 50, a gynaecologist-obstetrician and director of a successful clinic. He is found dead at the edge of his swimming pool, his skull smashed by a turtle that fell from the sky. Agnès and Thibaud are called to the scene to see clearly in this more than strange death.