A long hot summer on the French Mediterranean shore and the town is full of tourists. Sebag and Molina, two tired cops who are being slowly devoured by dull routine, deal with the day's petty complaints. Out of the blue a young woman is murdered, and another disappears without a trace. Sebag finds himself thrust into the middle of a diabolical game. But who is the cat and who is the mouse? Translated from the French.