Astrid et Raphaëlle (2020)

Commander Raphaëlle Coste visits the police records bureau and meets the brilliant but unsettling young Astrid, who gives her a helping hand.

When a lawyer collapses in a courtroom, Raphaëlle and Astrid start an investigation which leads them to a house filled with supernatural phenomena.

Raphaëlle and Astrid take an interest in a former resident of the mysterious house, a woman who murdered her entire family there 24 years ago.

A Natural History Museum employee is found dead at the foot of a dinosaur skeleton. Not a drop of water on the horizon and yet, the victim drowned.

When a famous writer is found dead, the duo starts an investigation on the trail of a tragic fire that could be the source of a Machiavellian revenge.

Astrid and Raphaëlle find out that the dead body discovered after the collapse of an underground gallery is that of an 80 year-old alchemist.

When a man collapses on a bus, possibly killed by an extremely contagious disease, the duo ends up confronting the leader of an eco-terrorist group.

After the president of an autistic association dies mysteriously, a new corpse is found. Though officially deceased days earlier, he is a suspect.

A woman is murdered, but the main suspect was in prison at the time of the events. The duo quickly realizes that it is the work of a serial killer.

A famous lawyer is shot dead in front of twelve witnesses who have seen nothing, heard nothing: are they accomplices to the murder or victims of an incredible mystification... Through a neurologist with mentalist talents, Astrid and Raphaëlle will direct their investigation to a magician, former television star. By digging into the victim's past, they will eventually understand that magic was the starting point of his success but also of a terrible personal drama.

The Japanese owner of an art gallery is found dead in a spa. Killed with a sword, he would have cut off his little finger as a sign of penance before dying as a yakuza would. Astrid and Raphaëlle go in search of a killer with a huge tattoo on his back. They will gradually realize that a family story is the key to murder.

A man is killed in an ultra-secure factory from which the main suspect inexplicably managed to escape. Astrid and Raphaëlle are about to leave the crime scene, when it appears before their eyes, in a flash. Could she have been the victim of an alien abduction as suggested by the first elements of the investigation or is another much more tangible reality behind this crime?

A trainee is found dead in the huge organ of the Maison de la Radio. Astrid and Raphaëlle investigate the very heart of the instrument and meet an organist prodigy and her cantankerous old teacher. Things get tough when a second lifeless body is found near the organ. The modus operandi is the same... A track is beginning to emerge: what if it was the music that kills?

A young woman is found dead in a forest. Her body is partially burned and it seems that strange rituals were performed at the crime scene. Disturbing detail: she gave birth just hours before her death and the baby's whereabouts are unknown. Astrid and Raphaëlle find themselves on the trail of a feminist association: Circé. Was this young woman killed because of her commitment? Is the murder related to an obscure practice of witchcraft or to the baby she was carrying?

One of the associates of a high-tech company is murdered. The crime scene suggests that this Orthodox Jew may have been a victim of the Golem, a mythical clay creature obeying the orders of its creator. This directs the investigation towards an artificial intelligence project with disturbing realism. While their first suspect sinks into madness, Astrid and Raphaëlle will discover that taking oneself for God is never without consequences.

At an auction, the auctioneer presents a precious ancient manuscript, the Corpus Hermeticum, before having a fit of delirium and then collapsing, dead. Apparently, he was poisoned, and in panic, the priceless book was replaced by a fake. Astrid and Raphaëlle will be interested in this object that would contain absolute knowledge and that arouses the wildest desires.

An armed woman enters the criminal documentation and takes everyone hostage. Accused of killing her godfather to Alcoholics Anonymous, she absolutely wants to prove her innocence. She is desperate, alone against all... Astrid and Raphaëlle, will play the clock and try to piece together the puzzle of this story to restore the truth.

A renowned astrophysicist is found struck down even though no storm had occurred at the time of his death. Social networks take over the case and cry conspiracy when we learn that the victim was about to divulge a state secret.

Father Louis Desforges is found stabbed to death in a monastery. Astrid and Raphaëlle discover that the man, who lived under a false identity, bore stigmata.

A young woman under the influence of a powerful drug is found unconscious, with a weapon with her that was used to commit a crime twenty years earlier in a small Native American community from Canada. Who is this young woman and how did the weapon end up in her hands?

A murderer interned in a psychiatric hospital is found dead in his room. The first clues seem to rule out the theory of an accident. Astrid and Raphaëlle embark on a difficult investigation. They are still unaware that this murder is the work of an organized gang operating from inside the hospital.

Astrid and Raphaelle investigate a crime committed in the middle of the Gare du Nord train station in Paris. The only witness to the incident was the victim's son, Jules, a 12-year-old autistic boy.

A fashionable photographer is found dead with a stake through his heart. The two investigators are past the age of believing in vampire stories and yet the case seems to be linked to the victim's blood.

A biologist passionate about research into plant intelligence is found lifeless in a tropical greenhouse. His death immediately gave rise to the most fanciful speculations. Could the tragedy be connected to the research laboratory from which the victim had resigned abruptly a few years earlier? Astrid and Raphaëlle both lead the investigation...

Two police officers discover a homeless man dead, beaten, in the abandoned building where he lived. Astrid and Raphaëlle immediately go there. At the crime scene, Astrid notes an intriguing detail: the victim is wearing a very clean suit, without any trace of blood. This enigma is quickly resolved: another homeless man, who shared the same squat, is arrested. He admits to having put the costume on him to attract the attention of the police. According to him, three other homeless people were killed in the same way without the police launching an investigation. Astrid, like Raphaëlle, is determined to stop the killer, but she does not know how much this investigation will weigh on her emotional stability...

A diamond of exceptional quality must be exhibited in Paris. But on the day it opened to the public, the head of security was found dead, his skull horribly shattered. The magnificent gem has also mysteriously disappeared. Astrid and Raphaëlle are put on the investigation...

The body of a man of Iranian origin is found charred in his home. Spontaneous combustion or diabolical crime? Astrid and Raphaëlle quickly discover that he was living under a false identity….

A serial killer repatriated by plane under Raphaëlle's supervision dies during the flight, the victim of a mysterious decompression accident. Helped by Astrid on the phone, Raphaëlle finds proof that it is an assassination and that the culprit is among the passengers...

The body of a man is found in a park, with stab wounds, but the analyzes are clear: it is a suicide! Our investigators soon find themselves faced with a crime that goes beyond the laws of science and ethics...

During a prestigious chess tournament, one of the favorite players collapses in the middle of a match, struck down by poison! Astrid and Raphaëlle then realize that they are at the heart of a bloody, life-size game of chess...

A famous environmental activist is murdered in public by a young woman, who is immediately arrested. Things get tougher for our heroines when the criminal claims to come from the future...

The heir of a rich Breton family is found dead in a bar. Problem: he already died two years ago! Raphaëlle and Astrid travel to Brittany to uncover the darkest secrets of this illustrious family...

Raphaëlle is found, with amnesia, at the wheel of an accident car, the body of a man shot to death beside her. Guilty or innocent? It will take all the talent of Astrid and Nicolas to help him untangle the tortuous thread of events...

A woman without stories is found dead on a bench in a park, victim of a sting poisoned by the venom of an exotic snake. Astrid and Raphaëlle embark on the case and soon find themselves on the trail of a dangerous mafia hitman who had not been talked about for years. Why did he come out of the shadows again? Did this woman die by accident or was she involved in illegal activities? The two investigators have a hard time to get the truth out in the open. As always, Astrid's extraordinary sagacity is of great help to Raphaëlle...

Astrid and Raphaëlle will have to walk on eggs when they find themselves in spite of themselves involved in a very sensitive diplomatic affair. The two investigators will deal with the French and American secret services...

Maxime Rivière, a friend of Commissioner Bachert, is the victim of a recurring nightmare concerning the murder of the Tibetan monk. Astrid makes the connection with the unsolved murder of the llama Tulku Lingpa, on May 20, 1996, in a monastery in Île-de-France. On their way there, the commissioner, who turns out to be a Buddhist, Raphaëlle, Astrid and Nicolas discover disturbing elements that question the guilt of the perpetrator of the murder, a drug addict who was prowling in the nearby forest. According to Raphaëlle, the crime was committed inside the monastery.

Philippe Desmond, 65, is found dead at home, victim of an Aztec ritual sacrifice. The heart of this former archaeologist turned treasure hunter was extracted from his rib cage and then placed in a sacred urn. Raphaëlle and Astrid then go in search of the victim's adopted son, Necalli Cantu, a young Mexican living hidden in a forest. Questioned, the latter reveals to Raphaëlle that his father had found the Eldorado, the mythical land of South America supposed to be full of gold. According to him, he was killed because of his discovery ...

A man belonging to the Mormon community is found murdered in a temple. Astrid and Raphaëlle soon discover that the murder strangely resembles that of Joseph Smith, founding father and prophet of the community...

A new victim of the formidable serial killer "the Werewolf" is found under a Parisian bridge on a full moon night. Our two heroines quickly orient their investigation on the trail of an enigmatic voodoo ritual...

A racehorse belonging to a prestigious stable is found stabbed dead. The case gets tougher for the two investigators when another crime is suddenly perpetrated...

On a film set, a famous actor is accidentally killed by a blank bullet. Astrid and Raphaëlle soon discover that it is indeed a murder and that it could only be orchestrated by a real crime expert ...

Raphaëlle finds herself in the emergency room, between life and death, while a famous ghost-hunting YouTuber is found dead at home, crushed by a mysterious force. Between paranormal experiences and high-end scams, the investigation gradually leads to the trail of a mysterious medium nicknamed Odin. How is he connected to this sinister affair? And above all, how will Raphaëlle get out of it?

Raphaëlle has emerged from her coma, but her legs remain paralyzed. The investigation into Odin leads Astrid and Nicolas Perran to investigate a strange boarding school, Overlook College. While investigating within its walls, the investigators soon discover that the suspicious death of a student at the school is curiously linked to that of their first victim. He may not have succumbed to meningitis, but may have been poisoned...

A bloody African statuette is found near the lifeless body of Adrien Dorval, a 65-year-old retired engineer who had opened a pottery workshop. The medical examiner notes that the victim's torso was slashed post-mortem. Strangely enough, the statuette is not the murder weapon. Adrien Dorval was actually killed with a clay roller found in a trash can near the crime scene. The investigation gradually puts Astrid and Raphaëlle on the trail of a Machiavellian revenge. The police officer and the librarian are in for a surprise. Raphaëlle also fears being shelved.

The body of a prominent mathematics professor is found in the trunk of a car. Our two heroines gradually focus their research on a revolutionary mathematical theory that arouses everyone's desire.

Astrid and Raphaëlle attend the trial of a man accused of killing his wife, whose body has never been found. When new evidence emerges, the trial takes an unexpected turn...

The body of a strangely mutilated man is found in a data centre. The investigation gradually leads Astrid and Raphaëlle on the trail of a mysterious Faustian pact...

A man is found dead, guillotined in the middle of Paris. Very quickly, the case becomes more complicated for our two heroines when another crime is committed using the guillotine. To find the murderer, a macabre treasure hunt begins...

Astrid is invited by a mysterious and wealthy stranger, a collector of rare puzzles, to come and see his latest and most precious acquisition at his mansion. But when she arrives with Raphaëlle, the pair discover that their host is dead, murdered the night before!