Nadia Lintz, a young and idealistic investigating judge who has just arrived in Paris, and Philippe Rovère, a struggling and disbelieving judicial police inspector, are forced to understand each other despite their differences to solve all kinds of crimes.
Traces the experiences of various residents of a fictional small village just inside the occupation zone during WWII. Deals with issues including collaboration, the Resistance, the fate of French Jews, and war profiteering.