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Season 1
Who can say that their family has no secrets? Genealogist Margot Laurent and police Captain Arthur du Plessis solve crime by shedding light on the past. From Walter Presents, in French with English subtitles.
201612 episodes
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - The Broken Tree
    September 19, 2014
    53min
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    Genealogist and "heir hunter" Margot Laurent is looking for an heiress, missing since 1962. What does that have to do with a modern murder?
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  2. S1 E2 - A Double Tour
    August 19, 2014
    54min
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    Commissioned as part of an inheritance inventory, Margot makes a macabre discovery hidden in an old family wardrobe, built in 1870 and passed from hand to hand since.
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  3. S1 E3 - Treasure Island
    September 5, 2014
    52min
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    Arthur calls on Margot to uncover what happened to a priest, murdered in the confessional with an old, indecipherable paper crumpled in his hand.
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  4. S1 E4 - Son of the Moon
    September 26, 2014
    54min
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    Saved from a suicide attempt, an amnesiac man with burns on his hands and face confesses to murder. His only memory is a musical tune played by an unknown instrument.
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  5. S1 E5 - Black Dragon
    October 3, 2014
    51min
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    A homeless woman is found murdered. The only identifying factor is a signet ring decorated with a noble coat of arms. Margot and Arthur's investigation will take them all the way back to Indochina in the 1950s.
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  6. S1 E6 - The Pelican Sacrifice
    October 3, 2014
    54min
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    A woman dies clutching an enigmatic piece of jewelry in her fist. An amateur painter, the piece appears in one of her works. Is she pointing investigators towards her killer?
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  7. S1 E7 - The Tears of Angels
    September 2, 2016
    53min
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    Arthur and Margot trace a mysterious Good Sister all the way to a ring trafficking stolen children in Spain in the 1970s.
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  8. S1 E8 - A Scent of America
    September 2, 2016
    53min
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    A man found dead next to a former U.S. Army base was killed with a Colt 45---the weapon of the GIs. This little reconstructed America was the favorite playground of teenagers playing soldier. Was this child's play gone wrong?
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  9. S1 E9 - The Chateau of Secrets
    September 9, 2016
    51min
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    A famous designer is found murdered in a secret room in the family castle--a room that was once a brothel.
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  10. S1 E10 - The Big, Bad Wolf
    September 9, 2016
    51min
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    A man--convinced he is the victim of a family curse--is found dead, his leg caught in the jaws of a wolf trap. Was he killed by a wolf? Scared to death? A strange atmosphere reigns over the investigation.
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  11. S1 E11 - A Mother's Love
    September 16, 2016
    55min
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    A retired midwife and political activist is murdered in her home. Was it a burglary gone wrong? Political revenge? Who killed this woman that everyone seemed to love and admire?
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  12. S1 E12 - A Winning Hand
    September 16, 2016
    54min
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    At the edge of the sea, a young man is found strangled with a coin pushed into his mouth. Could the murder of this young man be revenge for a decades-old poker game gone wrong?
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Audio languages
Français
Subtitles
None available
Directors
Jerome NavarroNicolas Herdt
Producers
Alain TortevoixMathieu Gleizes
Starring
Micky SebastienJulien BaumgartnerChristian Rauth
Studio
Sama ProductionsFrance TelevisionesTV5Monde
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