Acorn Media (Firm)

Suave, smart, and somewhat strange, Raphaël Balthazar can make the dead speak like no one else. As a forensic pathologist in Paris, he works with chief inspector Hélène Bach to solve the city's most disturbing crimes. But there's one case that continues to haunt him, the murder of his wife over a decade ago.

Devastated by his friend's death, Parisian forensic pathologist Rapha�el Balthazar has vowed never to touch a corpse again. But his resolve wavers when he discovers a dead body while sailing, and soon he's working once more with Chief Inspector H�el�ene Bach, who's closing in on their most elusive suspect: his wife's killer.