Killer by the Lake

Lise and Clovis met three years ago. They're married now. She is a police captain; he is a paramilitary police commander. Their son Tom just turned 9 months old. Lise's mother Marianne, who suffers from Alzheimer's, lives nearby in a specialized care facility on the edge of the lake. They seem happy and united, surrounded by faithful friends, when we discover the dark side of Clovis.

Lise and Clovis find a third corpse in a state of decomposition in Annecy. The woman, assassinated according to the same ritual, was probably the killer's first victim. Meanwhile, Marianne's nursing assistant Marthe is corresponding with a man on a dating site who is actually the killer. As the case gets more complex, Lise discovers that Clovis has been lying to her.

Marthe is found dead in her own home. She is the killer's fourth victim. Lise, in shock, asks Marianne to come live with them so that she can get her strength back before returning to the care facility, which she ran away from in the middle of the night. As the killer continues to ensnare women, Clovis' and Lise's teams work hard to understand his operating methods and try to trap him.

After their first operation fails, the cops and paramilitary police take the risk of setting a new trap for the killer by using Marina, an officer on Clovis' team, as bait. Living with Lise's mother Marianne becomes unbearable at home, a situation worsened by the couple's relationship crisis since Lise has been doubting her husband's honesty. She continues her research.

The killer takes two new victims: Monica, a young woman, and Yacine, a fellow officer and friend of Clovis. For Lise, it's high time Clovis explained himself. Who is this woman Mathilde, who claims she lives with Clovis and is the mother of his child? Incapable of responding, Clovis leaves home and takes up temporary residence at police quarters.

It's time for the truth to be told. Clovis confesses a deep secret to Lise, who learns about the dark side of his past. Meanwhile, as new chief of investigation Varella follows leads to find the suspected Leake in the police force, she gathers troubling information about one of the agents on the case.

Clovis is questioned by Varella at police headquarters. Lise and her team try to gather evidence to prove he is not guilty. They begin to suspect Lise's psychotherapist, Alexis Geller; Lise has been confiding in him since the beginning of the investigation. As Lise's mother Marianne slips into a coma after trying to commit suicide by drowning, Varella gets violently assaulted by the killer.

Laure, the neighbor, discovers disturbing facts about her husband and demands explanations. Lise, Clovis and their teams learn that Varella has disappeared. They suspect she has been abducted by the lake killer. They follow a lead that brings them to a hideout, where they find Varella's lifeless body. They are right on the verge of catching the killer.