VERONIQUE, Volume 4 of the critically acclaimed 3rd Republic series begins shortly after the events that take place in Volume 3 : The Paris Ripper When the body of a child is found murdered in a quiet French village, local gendarme Lieutenant Aucouturier calls in the help of Roban, an investigator from Paris who happens to be recuperating in the area.Between them, the two detectives pursue the killer of the young girl while navigating the sometimes tangled lives and politics of the close-knit village community