A controversial psychiatrist is found beaten to death on a street corner in Ottawa's Byward Market. Initially, the killing appears to be merely a mugging gone wrong, but Inspector Green's complex investigation leaves him grappling with the ultimate meaning of justice.
The story of Gilles Deschnes, a 20-something who moves from Montreal to Grande-Ourse, a town haunted by the grisly memory of a 12-year-old murder.