Strange Case of the Composer and His Judge

On a frozen New Year''s Day a half-circle of dead bodies lies on freshly
fallen snow in the French Jura. A nearby chalet contains the debris of a
seemingly ordinary Christmas: champagne, presents for the dead
children, and a strange leather-bound book, written in mysterious code,
containing maps of the stars. When Dominique Carpentier, the Judge
tasked with solving the mystery behind this suicide ...