Content : At the Toulouse police station, the chief superintendent is taken hostage by the mother of Patrick Pavard, a prisoner with a serious psychiatric history. She claims her son is innocent and demands that his cases be re-examined by the Cold Case Bureau. Sixteen-year-old Gaspard and Captain Ruben Arcega reopen Pavard’s files. His modus operandi? Running over his victims with his car.
As the RAID tactical unit takes up position, the teenager and the police officer delve into the convicted man’s past. What if his mother is telling the truth? A collection of labels, fire, a cabinetmaker’s workshop, poems by Reverdy, a killer who was manipulated, and Gaspard’s mysterious father will eventually help them piece together the clues and bring this extraordinary case to a close…