"Fire brigade" "Something on your mind?" "Yeah." "I think he knows who shot at him." "And I think he knows what's going on with these houses." "Why do you say that?" "It's my gut feeling." "Your gut feeling." "Maxine, it's his looks, his silences this, his hometown..." "What was he doing?" "Going for a stroll at six in the morning?" "Who would believe that?" "Don't give me that look." "What is it?" "I Iike you, Sandra." "But you're making this personal." "Not at all." "This isn't personal." "This person digs up bodies, places them in show homes and leaves your photo there." "You return to the area and he shoots at you." "He could have finished you off, but didn't." "Why?" "What does he want?" "Excuse me." "Oh, yes." "Yes?" "Have you found something?" "No." "Not yet." "But I will." "Something always gets forgotten or overlooked." "You taught me that eight years ago." "Can I ask you something?" "What were you doing here at 6am?" "Justin warned me that you were a pain in the arse." "But that was an understatement." "Hey." "I've got some news." "They checked Muse and Weber's computers and found a name linking them both" " Richard LapIace." "luckily, he was on file for violent public disorder." " Richard LapIace - ring any bell." " No." "Where does he live?" "40km from here." " shall we go?" " You go." "I'II stay here." "OK." "You look different." "Lipstick." "Witnesses" "Series created by Hervé Hadmar" "At night, I Iike being up on the roof, by myself." "Brice, if you want to smoke pot up on the roof, that's fine by me." "Just say what you saw this morning." "I didn't see anything." "You didn't see the shooter?" "I did see him, but he was wearing a hood." "I didn't see his face." "But I noticed he had a tattoo." "Where?" "Here." "On his hand." " What did it look like?" " I didn't get a good look." "well?" "No." "He's not the one who shot at me." "I'II let him stew for a bit, then I'II go in." "No." "I'II do it." "I'II question him." "You know what that means." "Yes." "I'm back on the force." "Let's do it the old way - no waiting for his lawyer." "OK." "Great." "You're already back in the swing of things." " Is that his wife and daughter?" " Yes." "I'II talk to them first." "caroline, if you know what your father has done if you know why he's scared you must tell us." "I don't know anything." "Does the name Bernard Weber ring any bells?" "No." "Listen." "My husband has never hurt anybody." "I don't understand." "Why are we here?" "Mr LapIace." "My name is paul Maisonneuve." "Do you know where you are?" "You're in the heart of the former lille branch of the Banque de France." "We took over the premises even the safe deposit room." "We've a tradition at CID." "Each time someone confesses we close one of the safes." "You see the one on the Ieft that's still open?" "That's yours." "In a few hours it'II be closed." "You'II tell me everything you know." "I've spoken to your colleague." "I know." "But we'II do things differently." "You're going to tell me the truth." "Tattoo right hand." "police wanted list." "hello" " Denis?" "Sorry." "It's Sandra WinckIer." " Are you busy?" " Why?" "I'm looking for a guy on the database but it's taking ages." "AII I know is that he has a tattoo on his right hand." "Good luck with that." "How do I limit the search to paul Maisonneuve's cases?" " Type "M45" into the search box." " Yeah." "You won't find much, apart from name, physical description and maybe a photo." "The rest hasn't been uploaded yet." " OK." "Thanks, anyway." "Come on." ""Tattoo of a wolf on the right forearm"." "Born in 1960." "Height - 1 .7m." "Do not approach." "Henri Norbert and Géco have taken over this area." "It can't be easy for a small businessman like you." "We get by." "Mr LapIace." "When the police arrived at your home this morning you were packing your bags, weren't you?" "Is that not allowed?" "Of course it is." "And Bernard Weber..." "Did you know him well?" " I told..." " You told my colleague." "I know." "You said, and I quote, "I must have met him once or twice"." "exactly." "He's all over the papers this morning and the radio and the TV." "Do you know what I think?" "I think you learned that we'd found his body in a show home like Muse's body, a month ago." "I think you panicked and decided to do a runner with your family." "Am I wrong?" "Am I wrong?" "Bernard Weber..." " When did you last see him?" " No idea." "Three, four years ago." " And Didier Muse?" " Same." "Did they know each other?" "No idea." "Why all the inane questions?" "LapIace understands the rules of the game." "He'II lose." "Everyone does." "And when he realises that, it'II be too late." "paul will know his weakness." "What are you scared of?" "Or who?" "The one digging people up?" "Who?" "The person who dug up Weber and Muse." "Who digs up whomever you kill." "The ones you pushed..." "I'm telling you, it's not me." "It's not me." "Who is it, then?" "Case file" " Serano, Greg." "Offence - double murder." "place" " lille." "Date - 15/09/04." "Name" " Greg Serano." "Let's say you didn't kill him." "What are you scared of?" "Do you think you're next?" "Scared it's your turn?" "Scared you'II fall off a cliff?" "Scared you'II be disposed of and left in a show home?" "That's it." "Who's doing the killing?" "And why?" "You know." " No." "I don't know." " Yes, you do." "You know." "What went on with you, Weber and Muse?" "Who's decided to pick you off, one by one?" " And why?" " No." "No." "Is it to punish you?" "Why punish you?" "What did the three of you do?" "Who are you?" "What are you hiding?" "What are you hiding from your family?" "Nothing." "I'm not hiding anything." "I'II go and speak to your daughter." "I'II keep digging." "I'II find the skeletons in your closet." "I'II tell your daughter." "Do you want that?" "She knows nothing." "You fucking copper." "You can't do this." "You hear me?" " I've got it." " What?" "I know who shot at Maisonneuve." " Greg Serano." " What?" "Do you remember Greg Serano?" "Yes." "But he's in prison and will be for a while." "No." "He escaped four months ago." "Greg Serano - 42 years old nine years in jail, wolf tattoo on his right arm." "That's not all." "One of his former addresses is 2km away from the second show home." " No way." " It's true." "What's Serano like?" "I vaguely remember him." "He bumped off his wife and daughter." "We caught him hiding out in lille." "The farm was his parents'." "He lived there with his wife." "Why did he kill his wife and child?" "He found out his wife had been cheating on him." "He took them into the woods and shot them." " Seems a bit extreme." " Yeah." "well?" "well, nothing." "No one's been here in a Iong time." "If he's in Le Tréport, we've had it." "Why?" "It'II take an army to find him." "What with all the tunnels the Boche dug during the war..." "You see those trees?" "The show home is just behind them 2km away." "Sir." "hello." "hello." "It's my wife." "She's buried right here." "Sorry?" "The cemetery used to be here." "What?" "Before they built those bloody houses, this was a cemetery." "They moved it over three years ago." "Why did they move the cemetery?" "Because of the ground." "They feared a landslide." "That's what they claimed at the time, anyway." "Why do you still come back here if they've moved the cemetery?" "They can say what they like." "They may have moved the gravestones but I think they left the bodies here." "My wife's still here." "I'm sure of it." "Yes." "The cemetery was moved three years ago." "They moved it to the eastern plateau." "There were concerns about a landslide." "The council decreed that the cemetery should be moved." "Then, a second analysis was done." "What did the second analysis conclude?" "That everything was fine." "No mention of a landslide." " The council sold the land." " To Henri Norbert, am I right?" "Yes." "That's right." "May I see a list of the plots which were moved?" "Yes." "Of course." "Thanks." "Serano." "So, you think I've always suspected Serano of moving the bodies?" "Yes." "Maybe I do think that." "But why wouldn't I tell you?" "I've no idea." "Why not tell me now?" "Sandra, what do you want?" "What's your problem?" "Do you have to be top dog?" "Do you want to prove I was wrong about you?" "Excuse me?" "You heard me." "Who the hell do you think you are?" "What's my problem?" "I'm just doing myjob." "My son said you were pestering him." "The truth lies somewhere in your past, doesn't it?" " And?" " It's myjob to be nosy." "And I must be good at it, seeing as you taught me." "When did the prison close?" "After the fire, a few months ago." "What fire?" "Four months ago, there was a riot in B wing." "Some inmates set fire to part of the building." "Some of them escaped." "Serano was amongst them." "Greg Serano has no family." "Did anyone visit him while he was here?" "people he might be staying with...?" "No." "I remember that he never had any visitors." "Did he get on with any of the inmates?" "They were three to a cell." "Serano, michel Giraud..." " Don't know him." " The third bloke was called Gorbi." "Kaz Gorbier." "How do you spell that?" "With a "K"" " K, A, Z. Kaz Gorbier." "You said "was called"." "Is he dead?" "Yes." "He died in the fire." "Serano and Giraud escaped together." "May I see their cell?" "Yes." "Of course." "Did you know Kaz Gorbier?" "Yes." "You say Gorbier had Serano and Giraud under his thumb." "How so?" "He manipulated them to do his bidding." "What happened on the day of the fire?" "It started in the old canteen, then spread everywhere." "Did Serano and Giraud rebel against him?" "In any case, before escaping they handcuffed Gorbier to his bed and left him to burn here." "The house carved into the wall I know it." "well?" "Where are we?" "This is where I grew up." "My parents lived here when I was a kid." "I still dream about her, you know." "My wife..." "I never stopped dreaming about her." "May I?" "She's with me when I sleep." "I see her." "She speaks to me." "She listens to me." "She understands me better than she used to." "I didn't go to her funeral." "Are you shocked to hear I'd never been to her grave?" "So, you didn't leave the flowers there." "No." "It wasn't Serano, either." "No." "He didn't draw the house on the cell wall." "No." "It wasn't him." "paul." "Who's Kaz Gorbier?" "You had him in mind from the start." "I think he's the one." "They will tell you I'm mad that this card was posted after Gorbier's alleged death." "But I'm not mad." "I'm sure that Kaz Gorbier is alive." "Who is this bloke?" "Who is Kaz Gorbier?" "A wolf amongst wolves." "Gorbier attracted attention years ago." "This bloke had a perfect family life." "He loved his wife." "He adored his son." "He had a lovely house." "As a dentist, he was respected by his peers." "But at night, Kaz Gorbier had another side to him." "He would put on make-up." "He would whiten his face like a sinister clown." "He would go after women." "Young women." "White, preferably under 18." "Kidnap, rape, murder." "Destroying families that was his thing." " paul, this is nonsense." " No." "It's not." " Gorbier..." " He burned in his cell." "I know." " What's your theory?" " I think Gorbier is alive." "I think that Serano digs up the victims and leaves them in the houses." "But I don't think he does it solely to bring back his family." "I think Gorbier's telling him to do it." "He's manipulating him." "Gorbier is toying with me, sending me messages." "I think he put my photo in the house." "Let's say Gorbier is alive." "How?" "Four months ago Gorbier planned his escape." "He starts the fire." "He lets Serano in on his crazy plan and they both escape." "They sacrifice Giraud and he burns to death in the cell in Gorbier's place." "But why the need for all that drama?" "Why not simply escape?" "Why torch Giraud?" "Perhaps it freed him up to plan his next move with Serano." "Serano could have killed you at the funicular." "Why didn't he?" "I don't know." "What links Gorbier and Serano to our victims Muse and Weber?" " Did they know each other?" " I don't know." "We'II find out." "Max." " Max." " Yes." "Richard LapIace." "What about Richard LapIace?" "How did it happen?" "Those idiots didn't remove his belt." "He hanged himself in his cell." "Shit." "Know what they will say when this case is over?" "Yes." "They will say I went too far and that I drove him to suicide." "And they will be right." " Teeth brushed?" " Yes." "OK." "Bedtime." " Thanks." " Goodnight, sweetheart." " See you in the morning." " Goodnight." "Are you happy with me?" " Are you being serious?" " Yes." "What a stupid question!" "It's not a stupid question." "It's not easy at the moment." "I work long hours." "I hardly see you." "I thought you wanted to be a proper copper." "Anyway, the perfect woman doesn't exist." "But, yes, I'm happy with you." "Thanks for being there." "I enjoyed our few hours together." "Gorbier - the hunt is over" "Who are they?" "That's Kaz Gorbier's wife and son." "The judge has ordered that the body burned in the cell should be exhumed." "She'II soon find out if her husband is still alive." "Ex-husband..." "How long until we know if it's Gorbier's DNA?" "At least 24 hours." "I'II do it later." "I don't have time now." "OK." "Yeah." "Serano was still here two days ago." "Was he alone?" "Yes." "So it wouId seem." "He scored some dope off a guy we know in town." "We grilled the bloke and he admitted he'd seen him the day before yesterday." "He didn't clean up after himself." "Is something wrong?" "I'm fine." "I'm just a bit tired." "Who would build this hideous thing on the seafront?" "What would you prefer?" "Postcard stands and candy floss?" "exactly." "Are you married?" "Why do you ask that?" "I just wondered." "I'm not married but I've a partner." "Do you have children?" " Yes." "I have a little girl." " How old?" "Seven years old." "You can't see much of her at the moment." "You should go home and have a rest." "What is it?" "Nothing." " The old cemetery?" " Yes." "That's old news." "It's all bullshit." "They say Henri schemed to move the cemetery and buy the land for a pittance." "What rot!" " Don't get angry." " No, but..." "Henri Norbert is sure to stand in the next election." "Yeah." "And?" "politically, it's a dangerous move, don't you think?" "There were 300 plots in that cemetery." "That's 300 families who might harbour a grudge against Henri Norbert." "Even if there was no skuIduggery wasn't it dangerous to buy this land to build these houses on?" "Dangerous?" "For whom?" "The land was useless and he salvaged it." "Not to mention all the jobs he created for the lads around here." "people will always talk rubbish." "No, gentlemen." "No." "Come on." "I don't want to hear any nonsense about politics or corpses in show homes." "Sorry." "I was just asking." "Thanks, but leave it at the front door." "OK." "I know what you'II have." " Just a small one, thanks." " A little bit of bubbly." "Come on." "MéIanie." "Cheers, my dear." "OK." "Yes." "Thanks." "That's kind." "OK." "I'II tell paul." "Yes." "The DNA...?" "You were right." "It's not Gorbier's." "I wanted to thank you for coming to the undertaker's." "It's so weird." "His ashes on the mantel..." "I understand." "I wanted to show you something." "May I?" "Of course." "Have you ever seen these two men?" "No." "Did you show them to my mum?" "Yes." "Did you draw all of these?" "I used to draw all the time when I was younger." "I was in my own little world." "I'd make up stories." "Stories about princesses saving people..." "I was always drawing them." "caroline, there are times in life when you think you can't cope." "You just want to give up." "But it passes." " Do you understand?" " Yes." "hello?" "hello?" "tell paul that the ghosts are back."