The body of a shady businessman is found on the jetty in the port of Toga, in Bastia. The investigation, Commander Gabrielle Monti's first since returning to the country, begins on a tightrope between the past and the present.

A businessman with a nefarious reputation is found murdered on the pier of the port of Toga. There's a particular, striking detail: the victim's ears have been cut off. Chief Inspector Gabrielle Monti is in charge of the investigation, and it's her first case since her return to her hometown. It's a tough investigation, with aspects linking past and present. The victim was formerly suspected of blackmail and murder by Gabrielle's father, the judge Xavier Monti, with whom she has had a troubled relationship since her brother's death, thirty years previously.—Happy_Evil_Dude