Metz, Fall 1803. An event has disrupted the city: at the Chambière cemetery, a dead man has come back to life!
But when Police Chief Albert Montfort gets there, the man pronounces one last word before dying for good: “murderer”.
The deceased - or rather the victim - is Maximilien Lacour, handyman at the hotel Le Pont-à-Mousson, owned by his parents-in-law the Plantin. Was it a resurrection, as the priest of Saint-Eucaire, Abbé Grandin, who was very close to Mrs. Plantin, maintains? Was Max Lacour the bearer of a divine message? Was he an unfortunate person buried alive, as it still happens too often? Or was he the object of a revenge?
Albert leads the investigation. His wife, Victoire, is a midwife, and masters the art of collecting confidences, which will enable her to collect information as well.
Anne Villemin-Sicherman is a doctor. She is passionate about 18th century and has been awarded many prizes for her books: Prix de la ville d'Hagondange in 2015 for Le Bûcher de Lafayette, Prix Historia 2019 for L'Abbé Grégoire s'en mêle and Prix Littré du Groupement des écrivains médecins in 2019 for Rumeur 1789.