Victor Vidal has swapped the corridors of hospitals on the French Riviera for a practice in his garden in Nice, where he works as a court expert and last-resort doctor. Gifted with extraordinary intelligence and profound humanity, he has a boundless passion for medical mysteries and stands out for his ability to solve the most complex cases. While working on two difficult diagnoses—a foster mother in great distress whose inexplicable symptoms threaten her accreditation and a beauty queen with excessive hair growth—his personal life is faltering. His wife makes a brutal diagnosis about their relationship: it’s worn out. Vidal is completely overwhelmed. The arrival of the pragmatic Haïssa, who is undergoing rehabilitation and forced to accept the position of assistant, will turn his daily life upside down…