Deadly Tropics
Season 2
On the Caribbean island of Martinique, in the middle of the tropics, several mysterious murders occur. Now it is up to the two investigators Mélissa Sainte-Rose and Gaëlle Crivelli to solve the case - even if the two women have very different views of law.
8 Episodes
- Sainte-Luce
E1Episode 1Sainte-LuceGaëlle is back after spending five months at sea, in time to join the investigation of the death of a woman found floating in the swimming pool of a major hotel. She had suddenly disappeared from her home four years ago and started a new life in Martinique under a new identity. The team finds that her ex-husband and her son, that she abandoned, are on vacation in the hotel where her corpse was found. - Les Salines
E2Episode 2Les SalinesWhile jogging on the beach, Mélissa sees a burning car. His arsonist ran away. She chases him, arrests him... and discovers Chloé, her daughter! She explains that she wanted revenge on Loïc Fabre, the owner of the car, a video of which is circulating on the net where we see him hitting a dog. This same Loïc Fabre whose body is discovered a few meters away… - Fond Banane
E3Episode 3Fond BananeThe husband of Élise Berthier, the first black woman to run a rum in Martinique, has been murdered. He was driving his wife's company car. The vehicle's security system was obviously sabotaged. Everything suggests that Élise Berthier was targeted, especially since many members of the La Rosière rum distillery's management committee did not accept her appointment as its head. In charge of the investigation, Mélissa Sainte-Rose and Gaëlle Crivelli discover that this formidable businesswoman was attacked two days earlier. - Cap Chevalier
E4Episode 4Cap ChevalierJohanna Eckert is shot in the sea while paddle boarding. She was a gynaecologist and an activist fighting for the rights of women in the island so that they can have an abortion in good conditions, but she gets the animosity from pro-life associations and had started carrying a gun with her for protection. - Goa Beach
E5Episode 5Goa BeachA tourist is found dead in the villa she occupied. Yet she had just spent a restless night in her lover's arms. While searching the premises, Aurélien finds the number of his best friend. Rather than warn Mélissa and Gaëlle, he rushes to question her. For their part, the two heroines discover that the victim had recourse to prostitutes. Aurélien's friend is the last of them. Is he the culprit? How far will Aurélien go to protect him? - Anse Michel
E6Episode 6Anse MichelAs she arrives at the police station, Gaëlle is suddenly attacked by a young man. He accuses her of being responsible for the death of his mother. Gaëlle finally understands that he is talking about a ten-year-old case, where, as a very young police officer, she had taken the hearing of a battered woman. The case is all over the Net... Mélissa and Gaëlle discover that the police station has been hacked and that many files have disappeared. To make matters worse, a murder is committed that day. However, the victim is precisely at the heart of an investigation whose file has disappeared. Are hacking and murder related? - Schoelcher
E7Episode 7SchoelcherYoung Oliver witnesses a murder. He alerts the police. He claims that Vivienne, a shopkeeper and seamstress who runs a clothing store where she sells her creations, was murdered. Problem, Mélissa and her team do not find his body on the spot. The murderer tried to erase all traces of his crime. On the other hand, they find the numerous fingerprints of a certain Raphaël Lariga, a Martinican arrested a few years ago in Paris for assault and battery. By searching the victim's home, Mélissa and Gaëlle will understand that Raphaël and Vivienne are one and the same person. Raphaël has changed sex to become Vivienne. Could transphobia be the motive for the murder? - La Baie du Marin
E8Episode 8La Baie du MarinChloé returns home from Lycée to retrieve her forgotten maths book, when she discovers a trail of blood in the living room. Since her mother doesn't answer the phone, she calls Gaëlle, worried. Meanwhile, drugged and covered in blood, Sainte-Rose wakes up in the trunk of her car driven by a stranger, not remembering how she got there.
