Deadly Seasons

A third girl has been murdered in the middle of the festive season. Superintendent Rousseau is not convinced by the serial-killer hypothesis which the newspapers keep churning out. Mariella De Luca, a young, reckless inspector with secrets, joins the superintendent's team despite the latter's misgivings. After hours of discussion, an arrangement is finally reached, and the team is able to solve a case which involves a personal history buried - like the city beneath the snow - under the weight of Italian politics.

Superintendent Rousseau of the murder squad, and his deputy Mariella De Luca, a young profiler, lead the investigation of a severed head found inside the Catacombs in Paris: the victim is Maximilien Müller, a famous contemporary artist known for his sulfurous past. In the artist's studio, Rousseau and Mariella find another headless mystery deepens the following night as they find two other heads in public places.

A teenager's butchered body is found by the Seine. Superintendent Rousseau, haunted by old demons, hands control of the investigation to his deputy, Mariella De Luca, who must also deal with the girl's mother, Katia. Rousseau is off on his own, investigating the disappearance of his son, who went travelling 5 years ago and never returned. In a dark and autumnal Paris, characters with their own quests cross each other's paths, while the murderer goes on killing. Will Rousseau find the strength to lead his team? Can he give Mariella back the self-confidence she needs to see the investigation through?

In the doorway of the neighbourhood's most-renowned bakery, a young student collapses, shot dead. It's an inexplicable murder: no weapon, no suspect, nothing in the victim's past to provide any lead. A motiveless murder. The perfect crime? In heart of the City of Light, it's a new challenge for Superintendent Rousseau and his deputy Mariella de Luca.