在法国地中海的沿岸，一个漫长而炎热的夏季已经过去了一半，镇上到处都是游客。

两名疲惫的警察被枯燥的日常工作和家庭的烦恼慢慢吞噬，在佩皮尼昂警察总部处理这一天的轻罪和小投诉，没有一丝热情。忽然，一个年轻的荷兰女人在海滩上被残忍地杀害了，另一个人在这座城市的小巷里消失得无影无踪。一个痴迷于荷兰女人的连环杀手？媒体为之疯狂。

吉勒•塞巴格发现自己被推到了一个邪恶的游戏中间。如果他想挽回一些东西——无论是什么东西——他将不得不放下他的个人忧虑，忘记他对妻子不忠的怀疑，忽略他的心脏杂音，克服他的生存焦虑。

It’s the middle of a long hot summer on the French Mediterranean shore and the town is full of tourists.

Two tired cops who are being slowly devoured by dull routine and family worries, deal with the day’s misdemeanours and petty complaints at the Perpignan police headquarters without a trace of enthusiasm. Out of the blue, a young Dutch woman is brutally murdered on the beach, and another disappears without a trace in the alleys of the city. A serial killer obsessed with Dutch women? The media goes wild.

Gilles Sebag finds himself thrust into the middle of a diabolical game. If he intends to salvage something―anything―he will have to put aside his personal worries, forget his suspicions of his wife’s unfaithfulness, ignore his heart murmur, get over his existential angst.