Alex Hugo

Lusagne, late afternoon. The children of the summer camp are returning from a mountain excursion, but Justine, 10, is missing the call. Her instructor, Marianne Helme, who was looking for her, did not come home either. Alex and Angelo mobilize volunteers and discover with fright the body of Marianne, stranded in a torrent, but no trace of Justine. Very soon, the suspicions are about Jeremy Veal, a retarded, light mental, who survives through odd jobs. is led under good escort to the rural police station, before which already camp residents claiming justice...

In the early morning, in the mountains, a car rolls at a normal pace on a straight and obstacle-free road. Yet brutally, she swerved, followed by several barrels, before immobilizing. The passenger, Pierrot Clément, owner of an altitude restaurant above Lusagne, dies on the job. Present at the scene, a witness thought he saw a white form inside the vehicle, which then disappeared. Alex Hugo discovers that another appearance of the "White Lady" took place in the same place, a few years before, just before another drama...

As the winter is Lusagne, Alex Hugo decides to go on a solitary bivouac. His hike leads him to high altitude, to the snowy peaks. As he climbs a rocky pan, the policeman hears an explosion, which tilts him back. Sounded, he woke up in a snow shower, wounded, his axe piercing his abdomen. He manages to alert his teammates, but they do not know where he is. Alex is finally saved by a mysterious stranger. During this time, in the valley, the research is organized. Only the missing bag is found. Death in the soul, the village resolves to the idea that Alex Hugo died in the mountains...