Set in a small coastal village in France, this is a quiet thriller of crime and dark secrets. The opening sequence takes place in a house just put out for sale. In it, the discovery of what appears to be the dead family in the house, implicates the former chief-of-police to the plot. The now-retired chief-of-police, having made a lot of enemies in his past career, is recovering from a car crash in which his wife was killed and he himself barely survived. 　　译文(2): 故事发生在法国的一个沿海小村庄，这是一部关于犯罪和黑暗秘密的安静惊悚片。开场镜头发生在一栋刚刚出售的房子里。在这本书中，发现了房子里死去的一家人，暗示了前警察局长参与了这次阴谋。这位现已退休的警察局长在过去的职业生涯中树敌无数，目前正在从一场车祸中恢复过来，他的妻子在车祸中丧生，他自己也险些丧命。