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The death of an elderly hotelier disrupts the tourist season in picturesque Pont-Aven. Commissaire Dupin investigates the victim's connections and the village's guarded histories, uncovering secrets beneath a community celebrated for its artistic heritage and seaside charm.

Three bodies wash ashore on the Glénan Islands, and what initially appears accidental begins to look like murder. Commissaire Dupin investigates among divers, treasure hunters, and marine researchers, probing competing interests beneath the islands' idyllic surface.

Attacked while examining mysterious barrels in Brittany's salt works, Dupin discovers his journalist friend has disappeared. Working with investigator Sylvaine Rose, he follows false alibis, feuds, and conflicting interests through a landscape steeped in local legends.

An actress discovers a body beside the Belon River, but it vanishes before Dupin arrives. Another unidentified corpse in the hills deepens the puzzle, drawing him toward sand theft, druidic mysteries, and the region's enduring Celtic legends.

Despite resolving to avoid cases at sea, Commissaire Dupin returns to Brittany's offshore islands for another investigation. Fishers, dolphin researchers, and smugglers populate a puzzling case that tests his team amid Atlantic waters and long-standing local myths.

Vacationing with Claire, Dupin grows intrigued by a missing tourist, a stolen statue, and an attack on a local official. When a corpse appears, he secretly enlists villagers to investigate while concealing his activities from his companions.

A team outing to the forest associated with Arthurian legend becomes a murder investigation when a historian is found dead. Dupin questions researchers about archaeological discoveries and a controversial amusement-park proposal as further killings deepen the mystery.

Commissaire Dupin expects a quiet holiday weekend hosting his future in-laws in Concarneau. When a doctor is pushed from his home above Dupin’s favorite restaurant, a depleted police team must investigate murder in the town he calls home.

A police seminar in Saint-Malo turns into an investigation when Dupin witnesses a celebrated chef’s murder. Her sister is quickly arrested, but her silence about the motive drives Dupin and visiting colleagues to uncover the family’s hidden conflict.

A body found in a harbor sends Dupin to Belle-Île, where the victim ran a sheep business and had many enemies. Evidence of a million-euro blackmail demand complicates a case in which nearly everyone seems to have motive.

Inspector Kadeg is critically injured while visiting the former abbey where his aunt recently died. Dupin’s team travels to her coastal estate to investigate, only to uncover increasingly troubling questions about Kadeg’s family and its guarded secrets.

Dupin and Claire promise to avoid work during their Loire honeymoon, until a winemaker connected to her friend is murdered. Claire insists their holiday offers perfect cover for investigating, drawing the reluctant detective into a case outside his jurisdiction.