L'homme au ventre de plomb

Synopsis of L'homme au ventre de plomb

Commissioner Nicolas Le Floch is tasked by M. de Sartine and the court to unravel a delicate and complex affair: the mysterious death of the son of a courtier close to the Dauphin and the devout party. Why do the parents defend the suicide thesis when their son had never expressed a desire to end his life? Why has his brother disappeared? Who is truly his enigmatic fiancée? Very quickly, Nicolas will conduct his investigations in Paris, then in Versailles, in the entourage of the royal family and the favorite Madame de Pompadour. In a kingdom still at war and agitated by religious quarrels, it can be very dangerous to take too much interest in political entanglements protected by family secrets...