The summer holidays had begun for Quinquin, but the warmth of the season was quickly overshadowed by a brutal turn in local events. The discovery of a woman, savagely dismembered and offered as a gruesome meal to a cow, sent a chilling wave…

Van der Weyden and Carpentier learned that the two deceased had shared a romantic relationship. Simultaneously, Quinquin and his companions pursued the case with their own discreet inquiries.

The veterinary pathologist delivered a grim diagnosis to Var der Weyden: the cows had succumbed to bovine spongiform encephalopathy. Simultaneously, Quinquin, through a fortunate accident, stumbled upon a finding that illuminated a crucial …

The humiliation inflicted by Ève’s sister fractured Mohamed’s mind, driving him to madness. Simultaneously, Var der Weyden and Carpentier encountered a fresh wave of depraved killers, their pursuit of the truth deepening with each grim dis…