French president falls victim to a suicide bomber and is taken to hospital in a critical condition. An investigation ordered by the prime minister gets under way and initial evidence points towards a terrorist attack.

The funeral of the president is scarcely over when the campaign for an early presidential election starts and the potential candidates have to declare themselves.

The revelation of an affair between Anne Visage and the late president goes public, creating a scandal that puts her candidacy in question. Meanwhile, Simon Kapita is getting closer to the real truth surrounding the murder of the French president.

The political campaign is in full swing and, with the first round of the elections only one week away, Simon Kapita's wife prepares to reveal the truth about the attack on the president.

Having beaten Deleuvre and reached the second round, Anne now needs her arch enemy's backing to have any chance of winning the election. However, the compromise needed to win his support may not be something that she can deliver.

Simon Kapita is still reeling from Valentine's attempted suicide and it's clear that his team blame him for her troubles. Election day is looming and the discovery that Alain Marjorie's hotel room was bugged has put Anne's whole campaign in jeopardy.