Ariana settled in this house by the sea to start a new life with her three-year-old daughter. Her escape from Paris is too reminiscent of another one that happened more than a hundred years ago, when the famous Parisian actress took refuge in this town to protect her secret ...The elderly couple decided to take a vacation in an old estate. The owners are a married couple, but only the husband meets the guests. Wife which day is nowhere to be seen. Tension hangs in the old house, and a strange smell clearly comes from a beautiful antique cabinet ...Railroad worker Gabriel pees detectives at his leisure. He is happily married, the children have long grown up and scattered. One day at a flea market, Gabriel notices something familiar. Looking closer, he realizes that these are the favorite toys of his son and daughter, who have long been adults. But where and why are they here?..Reunion Island is going to celebrate the New Year. Bonfires on the beach, music, dancing. However, the fun is broken by a terrible discovery - not far from the shore, one of the bathers stumbles upon a body with a knife sticking out of it. It soon turns out that two girls have gone missing...Four detective stories with a slight gothic tinge from the master of the detective genre surprise with their sudden and completely unexpected endings. And in each ironic, warm, cozy story by Michel Bussy, the best features of the detective genre are collected.