Candice Renoir

Candice investigates an assault on a rugby coach left for dead. Who could have hated this much-loved and respected man so much? The investigation first turns to a former player, fired by the team for doping. But Candice notices a young girl in a number of photos found at the victim's home. Who is she? And why has the victim always hidden her existence?

Submerged in the middle of an oyster bed lies the body of a student from Montpellier University. Candice thinks his death might have to do with the poaching and illegal sale of oysters. The victim didn"t have much money, and it would have helped to finance his studies. As Candice delves into the young man"s life, she realizes how tempting illegal activities can be when it's hard to make ends meet.

"Today at 11:11 AM, Mr. Van der Vaeren will die." This strange email is sent to the station, and so Candice and her team track down Van der Vaeren on a construction site where he works. Having no idea about the origin of the threat, Van der Vaeren has an angry outburst before dropping dead of a heart attack at the precise hour predicted. Then Candice receives a new email with a new threat.

When a brilliant young businessman is thrown off a bridge, Candice suspects the murderer of being a graffiti artist. She starts hunting down an infamous tagger: the elusive "Cat," who has been giving the runaround to the police for two years, causing damage amounting to thousands of euros in the meantime. The investigation puts Candice on the trail of three friends with contrasting fates.

Teenager Alice Fontanel turns up at the precinct house to report her mother, Magali, missing for the past three days. Unlike her colleagues, Candice takes the report seriously. It was Alice's 17th birthday the day before, and her mother didn"t contact her. Candice thinks her disappearance may be connected to her being a veterinarian and joining in lightning strikes to defend animal rights.

The body of a 40-year-old woman is found, naked, in a regional nature reserve. There are lacerations and grazing on her knees, which Candice interprets to mean that this woman was a Carmelite nun. She must have disappeared from a convent near the nature reserve. Candice goes to ask questions while Antoine looks into Fabrice Garel, the park warden who was on duty at the time of the murder.

When a beautiful woman washes up on a beach, clues point Candice to a nearby campsite, which rents out bungalows to people who can't afford anything better. But it turns out the place is also being watched by Captain Canovas and his Crime Squad team as they try to track down a bank robber on the run. Canovas soon becomes convinced the murder has something to do with the man they're after.

A worker for the famous French perfume manufacturer Lacombe is found dead, having been sprayed with a deadly poison. On discovering that she was being watched by her employers, Candice's investigation turns to the possibility of industrial espionage. For the perfume market is worth millions of pounds, and a "war of the roses" is raging between luxury brands and counterfeiters.

A boat catches fire after hitting the seawall in the port of Sète. On board is the body of what appears to be Lt. Daniel Langlois. Recently retired after a tour of duty in Mali, he had been having trouble readapting to civilian life. His wife felt he had become a stranger. Candice discovers that Langlois had installed surveillance cameras all around the house. Why was he watching his loved ones?

At the Sète Theater, an amateur troupe is performing Molière's "Scapin's Deceits" when young actress Amira is murdered. Candice is convinced the killer is a troupe member. She suspects the director, Simon Ferreur, was having an affair with the girl. But when the autopsy indicates otherwise, Candice must work out who Amira, with her double life, really was.