A woman’s body is found nearby the Lake Pavin in the Auvergne region. The staging of the murder baffles the investigators in its resemblance to the legend of the lake, whereby the sinners of Besse, having provoked God’s anger, were buried alive and then covered in the Devil’s tears.

The son of a food manufacturer is murdered with a pitchfork, suggesting deaths inflicted in a 17th century rebellion.

A young woman portraying Joan of Arc is shot dead by an arrow during a parade through Orleans.

A 60-year-old man lies dead in a cemetery next to an oyster shell engraved with his name.