Maddy Etcheban is a cop in Bayonne, but more than anything else she’s the mother of autistic Clément, whom she’s been taking care of single-handedly since the death of her husband.
In a small town in the south-west of France tragedy strikes. The body of a young majorette is found near the property of Mrs Li, a Chinese wine grower settled in the region for 15 years.
Georges Simenon, author of 200 novels and 160 short stories, with 550 million copies of his books sold worldwide, is the 3rd-most-read French writer after Jules Verne and Alexandre Dumas.
The only son of a great surgeon, Damien almost followed in his father’s footsteps before becoming a lawyer. Elected to parliament, he’s on the verge of a successful political career before being devastated by the loss of his daughter Anaïs.
The historic procession of Saint-Jean in the city of Tulle is disrupted by dead bodies. Gendarmes Axel and Lena, who used to be a couple, will have to cooperate to find who is responsible for the murders.
During the annual party in the château of a wealthy French family, a murder is committed. The small neighbouring town is thrown into disorder, suddenly plunged back into the old relationship of master and serfs.
The boss of a fashionable Cap d’Agde nightclub is found murdered in her own office. Deputy public prosecutor Elisabeth Richard and gendarme captain Charles Jouanic get back together to investigate what looks like a crime with an obvious motive, since the safe has been emptied of its money.
Christophe Perrin, a renowned oyster farmer in Arcachon Bay, is the victim of a murder attempt. His three daughters rush to his bedside, where he lies wounded and unable to manage L’Héritage, the family oyster farm.
Captain Marie Jourdan of the Lyon Police answers an emergency call to help her friend, Captain Paul Danceny. He is in jail, accused of murdering his mistress, who was the wife of a charismatic and manipulative plastic surgeon.
In the pastures of the Vercors, at the heart of the French Alps, a shepherd has been murdered. The whole village suspects the former schoolteacher, because the herdsman ruined her career a few years previously, when he found out that she was dating his 17-year-old nephew. The young man now returns to the village and the tension increases.
Police captain Emma Thélier is on holiday at her mother’s in the Charente-Maritime region when, while jogging in the forest, she discovers a man’s corpse. Because of her knowledge of the area and the initial findings, Emma is put in charge of the investigation. But she has to work with the gendarme captain Adrien Klévec, recently transferred here and with whom she spent the previous night. They weren’t supposed to meet again but now they are embarrassed at having to work together.
When a corpse clutching a crystal chess piece is found in the old fortress of Bitche, in the Lorraine region, police lieutenant Nicolas Muller is sent to investigate. He is accompanied by a young female intern and soon discovers, during this complex investigation, that he is actually related to her.
Roubaix is host city to an exhibition of the work of Victor Maurin, one of the most famous sculptors of nearby Lille. A few hours prior to the launch of the event, one of the sculptures starts to bleed... The artist’s corpse is found inside.
In central Provence, during a hunt, 40 year-old hunter Pascal Achard is murdered. The deputy public prosecutor Elisabeth Richard investigates for the first time with gendarme captain Charles Jouanic, accompanied by his deputy Caroline Martinez.
For 20 years Marion had a complicated relationship with the lawyer Olivier Queyras, who was not only her mentor, but also her husband and boss. But now she's finally found the courage to leave him and open her own practice. So, recalling unpleasant memories of her own relationship, she naturally advises Karine, one of her clients, to leave her abusive husband.
Alexandra Ehle is a coroner at the Bordeaux forensic institute. Fanciful and free-thinking, she devotes herself completely to what she considers her mission: restoring to the dead their dignity and human appearence, and giving them justice.
Valérie, a gifted lawyer in her fifties, acts as if she were still a rebellious teenager with a love of gambling. She takes malicious pleasure defending notorious villains.
Maussane, at the very heart of the French region of Provence, with its olive trees and its charming squares.
Deputy prosecutor Elisabeth Richard and local police commander Paul Jansac are investigating the murder of Caroline Autiero, wife of an old mill-owner.
Though he's often alone, Martin's world revolves around his women, his "queens": women of character, who don't always make things easy, but women he can't live without.
The strangest things happen in the Rochevilles' manor house, with its cursed bedroom and walls that speak... In its time it has been a place of protection, condemnation and also punishment.
In Hossegor, local VIP Juliette Laborde is found murdered in the same conditions as a falsely accused shepherdess 600 years previously. Was the killer using this famous legend of the Landes region to send a message?
Simon Varlet is a brilliant and cynical lawyer, more sensitive to the amount of his fees than to the interest of the justice or the respect of the business ethics.
Each family has their secrets…
Laura, a young Parisian chef, plans to go back to her native Cévennes to turn her family home into a guest house, with the help of her childhood friend Cassandra.
Ludovic Pessac, a young lawyer in his 30s, is murdered in his office. Assistant prosecutor Elisabeth Richard and police chied Paul Jansac are put in charge of the case.
The body of a dead woman is found in a barrel hurtling down a hill in the middle of the night. The prime suspect is the husband, a violent and jealous painter from Collioure, for whom the victim was both model and muse.
Alexandre Laurent and Raphaël Menaud have been best friends since their childhood in state care. They became partners in a law firm, making a great team.
« Vertigo » is a collection of 24 TV Movie of 90’ each. The heroines of these movies are always beautiful and innocent womens who often find thereselves in danger, with drama passion, manipulations and a lots of wrong tracks and new turns.