When the badly beaten body of a young Romanian woman is discovered on a Parisian rubbish dump, the investigation plunges us deep into the murky worlds of prostitution, drugs, business, politics and justice...

The investigation is led by Pierre Clement, a young recently-named public prosecutor, who teams up with Police Captain Laure Berthaud and investigating magistrate Judge Roban - three indomitable characters with their own methods, beliefs, demons and visions of justice.

As the young woman's identity and past life are gradually uncovered, it soon becomes apparent that her story is tied to a network of corruption touching the very people charged with uncovering the truth about her.