A band of brigands organizes the robbery of a famous jewelry store on the Place Vendôme. In their wake, they leave the corpses of two teenagers and that of one of their accomplices, Matéo, a computer expert.

After the disappearance of his wife Valérie, the cosmetic surgeon Pierre Clément went to the criminal section to report this disappearance. Savigny and Revel are put on the investigation and begin by questioning Valérie's sister, Juliette. It does not take long to reveal to investigators that her brother-in-law is not what one can call a model husband ...