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Inside the wake of the Dreyfus affair, the murder of two Jews in Lorraine reveals the darker part of human natureIn the wake of the Vernet murders in Aix-en-Provence, magistrate Bernard Martin moves to Lorraine, France, along with his pregnant partner, Claire, who is as fervent about Republican ideals as her man. They aren't there long when a child boy is available dead, his small body mutilated. The damp nurse and mom say that was a circumstance of "ritual sacrifice" with a "wandering tinker," or Jew. Meanwhile his much loved Claire, now reeling form the fatality of her own child, appears to be falling victim to the propaganda being spewed throughout town, forcing Bernard to acknowledge the frailties of the human psyche. Fearing a vigilante mob sparked by the chapel, Bernard must unveil the murderers before Nancy experiences its own pogrom.