Charismatic medical examiner Raphael Balthazar was summoned to the scene of a death within a home, and immediately found himself at odds with his new colleague, the sharp and perceptive chief inspector Helene Bach.

Balthazar stood in stunned disbelief. The possibility that his wife's killer remained free had plunged him into a disorienting shock. Yet, duty was an unrelenting master; he could not delay the call to action. A gruesome crime awaited him –…

Balthazar was summoned to examine a young woman discovered deceased within a truck, an assignment that held a peculiar weight. He found her not in the state one might expect, but utterly frozen. The police investigation had stalled, yieldin…

At the cinema, Balthazar was summoned to assist a young couple who had been victims of a stabbing. As she interviewed their families to piece together the events, she began to suspect that the couple's life was far more complex than it appe…

Balthazar surveyed the scene, the river's murky depths having yielded a grim discovery. A chilling realization dawned: this was not an isolated incident; another victim must exist. As he wrestled with this unsettling truth, a weighty decisi…

Balthazar arrived at the scene of the wreckage to find a horrific car accident. A woman’s body lay a few yards from the twisted metal and shattered glass. Though the police presumed her death came with the crash, something felt amiss. She s…