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Murders in... is a collection of French-Belgian police TV movies taking place each time in a different French city and region.
Forest of the Chartreuse massif. A group of lumberjacks working on a job come across the body of a man suspended in the air by a rope system, as if it were a sort of disarticulated puppet. In charge of the investigation, Justine Verard is forced to collaborate with Mehdi Djaoud, whom she holds responsible for the death of her husband, himself a detective, during a mission that went wrong five years earlier. Despite this tragic past, the two agents will have to join forces to solve this first murder together in the face of a mystery that will get thicker as the investigation proceeds. Between a complicated personal life and her investigation, Justine will be caught in a vice-like grip until the final countdown under high tension.
It's peak season at Morzine-Avoriaz ski resort. French high mountain state police officer Constance Vivier and Swiss cop Andreas Meyer investigate the suspect death of a teenager, found freezing on a slope after an alcohol coma.
On the banks of the Ardèche, near Vallon-Pont-d'Arc, kayakers find the body of the museum president of a recently discovered Paleolithic cave. A 40,000-year-old carved stone was embedded in his neck. To investigate, Captain Manon Ferret-Duval of the research section teams up with her counterpart Riad Lekcir. They must overcome a shared past: she is convinced that her partner's older brother is responsible for the murder of her parents in 1994. Riad has no doubt that Kamel, now deceased, is innocent.
Justine, 40, is struggling to reconcile her family life and her job as a police officer in the serious-crimes squad. Then she's accused of stealing money during a raid that goes wrong.
During the celebration of her Champagne house's centenary, Mrs. Dupaquier is murdered in her own cellars. The investigation is entrusted to the energetic Captain Sofia Guerini and the more reserved Gendarme Mathieu Delorme, a duo who have grown fond of each other after working together on several cases. Faced with the maze of tunnels connecting the cellars and the mysterious inscription left by the murderer, they must call on Bastien Keller, a geologist who specializes in the region. For the purposes of the investigation, Keller is exceptionally released from prison, where he is being held for violating his probation—he is under investigation for endangering his employees during underground work. One of the victims is still in a coma: Lucie, Sofia's fiancée. As a motive for revenge emerges, Sofia and Keller must put aside their differences to prevent further murders.
At the Imagerie d’Épinal, the lifeless body of the museum’s artistic director is found trapped in a lithographic press, his hands severed and his tongue torn out. The killer has placed an Épinal print from a triptych—the centerpiece of the exhibition currently on display at the Imagerie museum—on top of the body. The investigation is entrusted to Captain Alice Fournier and Commander Émile Cabat. While Alice, a native of Épinal, knows the Imagerie inside and out—her father ran it—Émile, who has transferred from the customs office in Pointe-à -Pitre to be closer to his daughter, will have to get used to local customs and traditions. Between the two of them, the chemistry is electric. But they’ll have to set aside their differences if they want to solve this case.
