Benjamin and Mathilde arrive in Beaujolais to advise on the possible sale of vineyards between bickering parties. They rich main estate owner is murdered. Benjamin and the police must look into both his heirs and passed-over gay playmate with AIDS Eric Beaujeu as well as a bunch of less wealthy, scheming locals, one if which gets 'accidentally' killed in a nocturnal boar elimination campaign in non-hunting season. Benjamin unravels a web of infidelity and manipulation, while his semi-rival Edgard Loewen is brought in after he's ousted form the consultation job, only intriguing him further.