It is carnival time in Nice

and for three weeks the boulevards are alive with dancers, jugglers and musicians. Amid the colour and pageantry, a man suffers a fatal fall - the first in a series of suspicious deaths.

The mystery unfolds

Captain Paul Darac of the Brigade Criminelle is sure the answer lies in the mystery surrounding a daring bank heist, supposedly resolved years ago.

The danger intensifies

But the reopening of the case awakens powerful enemies, and soon the safety of his friends, his colleagues and his family is at stakes.